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.
I think welbeck was our first choice that season, with hernandez being the first rotational choice. Berba was fourth in the pecking order from memory, which is why I feel we could have let him go.
).Me meory's shit. I recall chicha as the 1st choice to partner Rooney. Doesnt matter much though, both were untested. I can see why Sir Alex wouldnt want to let Berba go.I think welbeck was our first choice that season, with hernandez being the first rotational choice. Berba was fourth in the pecking order from memory, which is why I feel we could have let him go.
Disagree there, hernandez had a much bigger impact than berba and had already displaced him by that point. SAF also planned to bring welbeck back after his season with sunderland, so obviously he already knew that berba was fourth choice. He kept him as insurance incase welbeck/hernandez flopped but we should have signed a younger striker(or someone like ings) rather than not cashing in on him and making false promises(or lying
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Here you go, tevez was a key part of that team even if he didnt score the goals. For a player in his first season at the club, he had a good return while sacrificing his game to accomodate rooney and ronaldo.
I saw very little of him this season to be honest but what I saw of him in the Champions League he was poor. I'm not so sure he can cut it at the very top any more which is why making the move back to Argentina makes sense. He'll be great over there and retire a legend.Finished? Bit extreme, he's far from finished and is in the best shape of his career. The Italian League isn't the best but it isn't some kickabout with your mates. He's one of the main reasons Juventus reached the CL final for goodness sake
And its not like he hasn't scored the same amount of goals in England before.
I'm not sure if I'm remembering correctly, but I seem to recall one of them had some kind of problem with racism? Never mind, that's just a little "mistake". the diving, biting, feigning injury, to levels never seen before is just part of the game too. Not to mention playing for our hated rivals.
You probably should have seen more of him.
Not for me. He's burned his bridges and I wouldn't approve at all. Himself and Suarez were abused from the stands with very good reason.
Racism, yes, it's quite prevalent all over the world, I'll tell you that. Won't ever stop. Suarez was completely out of order for saying the things he said.
Basically, he's thick and more trouble than he's worth.
Fergie only ever picked Berbaflop instead of Tevez because he knew Tevez was on a different level but he didn't want to look like a prized clueless David Moyes by picking a player on a free transfer over a player who cost a massive 30 million big ones
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Maybe mate i would probably agree with that actually, simply as a player yes he was.
It probably shouldn't be forgotten that Tevez started hitting big goal tallies, AFTER leaving us.
No way. Berbatov finishing top scorer is a little misleading to his overall contribution. He only actually scored in 12 games in the league that season, he scored 5 in one game against Blackburn, Hattrick vs Liverpool which was fantastic and a hattrick against Birmingham.
No he didn't.
It's very hard to remember the positives with Rooney that year.
