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United deny Berbatov interest
Eurosport - Fri, 24 Aug 23:05:00 2007

Manchester United have "categorically" denied they have made enquiries to Tottenham about striker Dimitar Berbatov.

The Bulgarian's agent had claimed the Premier League champions were interested in signing the goal ace, but United chief executive David Gill insisted no move has been made.

"We have categorically not made a bid for Dimitar Berbatov," Gill said.

Earlier, Emil Danchev had told Bulgarian Darik radio: "We had a 90-minute meeting with Tottenham's chairman Daniel Levy and with sporting director Damien Comolli over Dimitar's future.

"They informed us that there's a query from Manchester United about the possibility of Berbatov joining them."

The Premier League champions were rumoured to be tracking the 26-year-old earlier in the summer, although no official approach was made.

Danchev added: "They [Tottenham] let us believe that they want Dimitar to stay for another season because they have ambitions to finish among top four teams in the Premiership but they told us they'll have a meeting in the next day or two to decide his future."

Berbatov was a revelation since arriving in England from Bayer Leverkusen at the beginning of last season scoring 12 league goals during his debut campaign. That kind of form prompted Spurs boss Martin Jol to claim he would "rather die than sell him".