June 10, 2009

GET WORDS FROM THE BURGARIAN STRIKER D. BERBATOV


MANCHESTER UNITED STRIKER DIMITAR BERBATOV HAS DEFENDED HIS PLAYING STYLE AND SAID HE DOES NOT WANT TO BE REMEMBERED ONLY FOR SCORING GOALS.
"I WANT PEOPLE TO REMEMBER ME AS A VERY GOOD AND SKILFUL PLAYER. I DON'T WANT TO BE REMEMBERED AS A TOP SCORER," BERBATOV TOLD BULGARIAN DIEMA TV ON WEDNESDAY.
BERBATOV CAME UNDER FIRE FROM UNITED FANS LAST SEASON AFTER SCORING JUST 14 GOALS IN ALL COMPETITIONS COMPARED TO 23 DURING THE PREVIOUS CAMPAIGN WHEN HE WAS AT TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR.
BUT THE BULGARIA STRIKER, WHO IS ONE OF THE MOST SKILFUL PLAYERS IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE, HAS DEFENDED HIS RECORD AND BELIEVES HE CONTRIBUTES MORE TO THE TEAM THAN JUST GOALS. "I'VE PLAYED WITH STRIKERS WITH 100 GOALS, WHO CAN'T CONTROL THE BALL," HE SAID. "IT SEEMS LIKE A THREE-METRE PASS WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO CONTROL THE BALL WITH THEIR FEET."
THE 28-YEAR-OLD BULGARIA CAPTAIN, WHO BOASTS A REMARKABLE INTERNATIONAL SCORING RECORD OF 41 GOALS IN 68 MATCHES, JOINED UNITED ON THE LAST DAY OF THE TRANSFER WINDOW LAST YEAR.
HE SIGNED A FOUR-YEAR DEAL AT OLD TRAFFORD WHO PAID OUT A CLUB RECORD FEE OF £30.75 MILLION

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