Fulham sign Berbatov for £5 million

[mod]

This has got to be one of the best signing in recent history. Certainly the best in our history.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...ulhams-biggest-signing.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Still only 31 and what a record...

Team Apps. (Gls)
CSKA Sofia 49 (26)
Bayer Leverkusen II 7 (6)
Bayer Leverkusen 154 (69)
Tottenham Hotspur 70 (27)
Manchester United 108 (48)
Bulgaria 77 (48)

 

[marty21]

£5m is a bargain for him - but are they paying him the £100k a week Manure paid him?

 

[mod]

£5m is a bargain for him - but are they paying him the £100k a week Manure paid him?

No way we could or would pay that kinda wedge in wages. He was on his way to talk to Juve who offered him 40k so I reckon fulham offered him 50k which is what Zamora and Andy Johnson were on. United paid 33mil for him 4 years ago. Obviously moving back to londonand playing under jol were major attractions for him.

 

[marty21]

No way we could or would pay that kinda wedge in wages. He was on his way to talk to Juve who offered him 40k so I reckon fulham offered him 50k which is what Zamora and Andy Johnson were on. United paid 33mil for him 4 years ago. Obviously moving back to londonand playing under jol were major attractions for him.

big pay cut - how long was his Man U contract for - presumably he'll get some wedge off Man U for leaving it early?

 

[Brubricker]

He said he wanted to keep his family in England and it wasn't about pay.

 

[mod]

big pay cut - how long was his Man U contract for - presumably he'll get some wedge off Man U for leaving it early?

He hasn't played on a regular basis for 2 seasons and is financially set for life (as are his grandchildren probably). At 31 he still has a good few years left in his and never relied on speed anyway. Maybe a rare occassion in football where a player would prefer to play than to stay put and earn twice as much?

 

[IC3D]

He was a very stroppy divisive figure at the lane and a bit shit towards the end at man yu

 

[marty21]

He is a good signing - and with Dempsey likely to leave - they'll need his goals.

 

[revol68]

sad to see him go, a classy player who just didn't fit with the way United were going, I'd have liked him to be used more but them's the breaks.

wish him all the best at Fulham.

oh and cheers for the scouse busting hat trick.

 

[The39thStep]

Standby for some occasions of exceptional talent in home games and outbreaks of flu for away games

 

[peterkro]

I'm sad to see him go as well.Great skills and smooth as butter,he'll be great at Fulham he wasn't fitting in with the way United are going.

 

[The39thStep]

I'm sad to see him go as well.Great skills and smooth as butter,he'll be great at Fulham he wasn't fitting in with the way United are going.

which way are Utd going?

 

[peterkro]

They are going with fat boy,RVP and Chicharito.

 

[ska invita]

he never seemed hungry to me...definitely strolled around the pitch a lot at THFC, when he should have been chasing and pressuring...clubs like Fulham need hard workers....but yeah 5million seems like a bargain.

 

[Badgers]

Think Dempsey will go? Seems the best time to sell him after his form last season. Shame though

 

[AverageJoe]

Think Dempsey will go? Seems the best time to sell him after his form last season. Shame though

Its gotta be almost nailed on now that Andy Carrol has gone to West Ham. Liverpool *need* a striker and they have been after Dempsey for a while...

 

[tommers]

I think Dempsey is off, isn't he?

Berbatov's a great signing. Just hope he doesn't play tomorrow.

And I've just remembered it's transfer deadline day. *cue portentous music*

 

[mod]

Think Dempsey will go? Seems the best time to sell him after his form last season. Shame though

Looks like it but hopefully not to Liverpool and he'll b forced to join Sunderland.......a club we always finish about. He's a greedy twat. If it were champions league football he really wanted he could have joined any of the top German clubs. He wants more money and must be kicking himself now we've signed berbatov on a reported 100k a week.

 

[AverageJoe]

BBC reporting that Aston Villa have agreed a £7m fee for Demspey.....

 

[Kanda]

From BBC:

0945:

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has raised the possibility of striker Dimitar Berbatov returning to Tottenham. It was thought the Bulgarian was destined for Fulham, but Ferguson said: "He has not gone yet. I do not know anything about it. There's not been any contact from him. He could be anywhere. I really mean that. I wouldn't be surprised if he was at Tottenham. There are rumours going around. I do not think it is settled at Fulham."

I wonder if Fergie has checked the Old Trafford bench? If you've seen a man fitting Berbatov's description (tall, slow moving) please contact us via twitter or text.

 

[mod]

Well me berbatov and bye bye Dempsey. Not really sure he'll be a first team regular there but we'll see.

 

[stavros]

Berba is one of only three players to score 5 in one game in the Premiership era, the others being Andy Cole and Jermain Defoe.