Wasn't it Chicha that took Berba's place more than Welbeck? In either case, the point stands. You dont sell him till you're sure you can do without him. Is it unfair on berba, yes, but its the sensible thing to do. I dont think it was a lie flat out anyways. I doubt Sir Alex could have foreseen how things would go.We had welbeck, he was the preferred playing striker. We should have let berba leave if we knew that welbeck-rooney is going to be our first choice strike pairing and get in a rotational striker. If not in the summer, then in january. Lying to him like that was wrong imo.
Tevez had earned his place, was a key part of our side which won the CL. Berba should have had to earn his place, not be automatically be first choice. And its not just the carling cup game, he would be kept out of the first team for long stretches of games while berba stank up the place.
In an ideal world, you make him earn his place. But when you get a striker for 30mil, you give him the chances he needs. Just how things work. Tevez wasnt anything special anyways.