“I told Manchester City to go to hell”

Dimitar Berbatov, 43-year-old former Bulgarian international who had four successful seasons with Sir Alex Ferguson in Manchester United between 2008 and 2012, he explained in an interview with ‘The Telegraph’ what his arrival at Old Trafford was after the ‘Red Devil’, the club of his dreams, signed him after three seasons at Tottenham helping to him “put in the shop window”.

The former footballer, who retired in 2019, said that when Manchester City tried to stop him from signing for their eternal rivals, “I told them to go to hell.” “I’m from Bulgaria, a small country. In my mind, I’ve always dreamed of climbing my own mountain. The top is Manchester United. I knew this train would only happen once in my life and it did . It was “It’s hard to say goodbye to Tottenham, because I’m going to disappoint a lot of people, but sometimes in life you have to make decisions.”

Berbatov explained that “Cuty wanted to sign me on the last day of the market and I told my agent: ‘Fuck them, we’re going to United.’ Because of the history, because of the prestige, because of the players, because of the coach, because of the shirt… I never doubted that Old Trafford was the right decision.” “I was shocked when I saw Ferguson at the airport because I saw him threatening. I got off the plane and bam, you see Sir Alex! I thought, what am I going to say to him? How am I going to deal with him? I’m going to look stupid. .

Berbatov played at United with Van der Sar, Ferdinand, Vidic, Neville, Giggs, Scholes, Rooney, Tevez, Ronaldo… “As soon as you enter the field you can see the fear in the eyes of the rivals. They are great who won , with a big ego and forced me to be strong mentally because the training was very difficult. “Ronaldo is a great professional. We spent a year together, he started to grow up fast. He trained like an animal, he did everything to be the best. I don’t remember him missing any training,” he explained.

Regarding the delicate moment that Ten Hay’s team is going through, and the Dutch coach himself, he maintains that for United “it has been a challenge to find a replacement for Ferguson. They still haven’t found him and 11 years have passed. won some titles, but not in the Premier League since 2013. It’s too long.” “The team has to fight for the League with Manchester City. It is important for the club to find institutional stability, where you show others that you have a project.”