'I chose to join Tottenham last season, now I'm staying at the club through my own free will. At least for now.'
This basically means that he won't leave by next Friday. Honestly, he'll probably stay in January as well, but come next season Berbatov has a stead fast 'get out' as a honest man - 'I did what I said I would'.
To be fair to him Dimitar could have remained mute and gone the same way Carrick did. We'd be left to ponder the reasons behind the move eventually assuming that it was the player who wanted out and the board held out for an appropriate compensation fee. Not that it really makes any difference as for whatever the reason he'll be gone.
Interestingly Berbatov has been given an increase in pay, but not an extension on his current deal that has just under three years left to run. It can't be denied his performances deserved a hike in pay, but makes bad business sense. Usually a new contract, which this, in effect is, means the player is fully committed to the club. In this case Berbatov's comments rule that out.
There's a million reasons I want to see Spurs finish in the top four this season, but more important than any of those would perhaps satisfy Berbatov's ambitions and he can remain a happy player for Spurs and the team can continue to be built around him. And a certain Mr Jol would be off the hook.
Ultimately though if his heart is not in it the sooner he goes the better. The difficult thing to assess is whether he genuinely is happy - he's such a miserable scrote when he's playing.
3 comments:
What exactly are you looking for from Berbatov? Signing a 20 year extension and offering to do so at £6.20 an hour because he loves it at the Lane THAT much? Or would you have preferred he just kept his mouth shut and left you wondering? He may not have upchucked mountains of Bulgarian manfat onto the cause, but he has commited and barring players who've signed extensions and new signings, who else has?
You know his comments don't exactly fill the heart with confidence. What I want and what I should expect are two completely different things. Being realistic you wouldn't expect him to say much else, but whenever a player says something like 'for now' it's never a great sign.
I think you're being overly pessimistic Flav. It's just a case of getting used to having a world class player at your disposal for the first time in the modern era. All the top clubs go through it. It was weekly for L'Arse with Henry - and he ended up staying for a bit.
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