Manchester United Striker Dimitar Berbatov to Make Sensational £8m Tottenham Return?

Old Trafford striker on his way back to White Hart Lane?

Dimitar Berbatov could make a sensational return to Tottenham in a cut-price deal this summer.

The Bulgarian striker will have just one year left on his Manchester United contract at the end of the season – and talks over a new deal have so far stalled.

That has alerted Spurs, who sold Berbatov to United three years ago for £30 million.

United face the threat of losing the hit-man on a free transfer if they allow his contract to run down and expire in June 2012.

And with Berbatov now 30, it ­appears United will not offer him more than a one-year extension.

If United and the player cannot reach agreement, they can take the option to sell him rather than lose him on a free.

Spurs would not want to pay more than £8m for the striker – and that would represent a smart move by chairman Daniel Levy. Spurs orginally bought Berbatov for £10.9m from Bayer Leverkusen in 2006. He played 102 games for Spurs, scoring 46 goals, before his move to Old Trafford in 2008.

SOURCE: Daily Mirror

Talk of a return to North London for Dimitar Berbatov is growing and if the Man United striker continues to bench warm then it would appear that the chances of the Bulgarian leaving Old Trafford will significantly increase as clearly a 30 year old goalscorer in the form of his life does not want to be out of the first team picture for too long.

Clearly Sir Alex Ferguson is thinking about the long term and given the great form that Mexican youngster Javier Hernandez has shown this season it is clearly a plan that appears to be working. The Man United boss believes that as a strike pairing Chicharito and Wayne Rooney offer his side best option and whilst clearly that may confuse some given that Berbatov is the Premier League’s top scorer, the Scot is sitting pretty at the top of the Premier League and in the semi-finals of the Champions League so clearly he knows what he is doing.

Harry Redknapp has not been happy with the goals return from his current quartet of Roman Pavlyuchenko, Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe and Robbie Keane although oddly enough these strikers seem to have less trouble in Champions League duty, and a move for added fire-power appears very high up on the White Hart Lane boss’s wish-list.

Would Man United allow Berbatov to leave for such a small fee though? Even with a year left on his contract, he is worth far more, surely?

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Blackburn’s Sensational £60m Argentinian Double Swoop

Ewood Park owners have run out of patience with their coach and lack of transfer activity and will spice things up this summer.

Speculation is growing that Blackburn Rovers’ owners have lost patience with manager Steve Kean and will replace him with an Argentinian pairing to put the club on the football map.

Venky’s, who bought the club for £23million last November, will ditch the boss, who has failed to impress since controversially taking over from Sam Allardyce.

The Indian-based company has already identified his successor in Argentina legend Diego Maradona, who they hope will persuade compatriot Sergio Aguero to move to the North-West.

The publicity-hungry Venky’s are desperate to announce themselves to the footballing world and believe this is the way to do it.

The board has close links with sport agencies Kentaro and SEM, who are already in negotiations with the pair.

The news is a blow to manager Kean who has struggled to fulfill his promise of turning Blackburn into a European team.

He took over from Allardyce, apparently sacked for his style of play, in December but is struggling to stave off relegation.

Maradona was last seen managing his country in the World Cup where they reached the quarter-finals before losing to Germany.

He won many plaudits for his style of play and man-management and is certainly a colourful character, but will not come cheap and is hoping for a £10million one-year rolling contract.

Venky’s hope he can persuade his son-in-law Aguero to join him at Ewood Park in a sensational £50million deal from Atletico Madrid.

The 22-year-old is seen as the ideal big-name signing that Blackburn have been craving, but failed with bids for Ronaldinho, David Beckham and Luis Fabiano.

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