Alex Ferguson: Dimitar Berbatov fits the bill
By Derick Allsop
Daily Telegraph
Alex Ferguson leads Manchester United into the deciding day of the Premier League season signalling his intent to sign Dimitar Berbatov ahead of the next campaign.
As United seek victory at Wigan to secure the club's 17th title, Ferguson has admitted for the first time that his priority is to find an experienced forward to complement his already formidable attacking options.
Dimitar Berbatov: hands up if you want to play for Man United
That will inevitably reinforce the belief that the United manager plans to prise Berbatov, the elegant Bulgarian striker, from Tottenham Hotspur.
Ferguson said: "We will buy in the summer. I'm quite happy with the one or two things we have done. In the striker department we have young Danny Welbeck, who's got a great future, and Fraizer Campbell, who's done a fantastic job on loan at Hull this year.
"We'll also have Manuchu back from Panathinaikos. He showed in the Africa Cup of Nations what a big, powerful striker he is. So, along with Carlos Tevez and Wayne Rooney, we've got planty of strength in that department. But we do need experience."
Louis Saha has contributed little because of injury over the past 18 months and Ferguson appears finally to have ruled the Frenchman out of the equation. United have prospered despite the absence of a recognised centre-forward, but with Berbatov as the spearhead of their attack and Rooney liberated, their potency would assuredly be enhanced.
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Apologies for a seperate thread but I thought that this was the first words about a striker straight from SAF. He's looking for an experienced striker so a young one can be discounted: No Benzema or Huntelaar; may be a Berbatov though he doesn't say it himself.
FOR FULL ARTICLE: (He also goes on to talk about Gary's return).
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/mai.../sfnman111.xml