What if Berbatov had left Tottenham?
With Dimitar Berbatov staying at Tottenham for next season, I want to raise a hypothetical question:
What if Berba had left Tottenham? Where would he have gone and how would he have fared there?
For simplicity’s sake, I’m limiting the target clubs to the top four in the Premiership.
Berbatov to Manchester United
Berbatov would have been welcomed with open arms as the final piece of the striking puzzle. His presence would have also precipitated the departure of one Louis Saha, I feel. With Ronaldo, Giggs, Scholes, Carrick and Rooney providing service (not to mention Nani and Anderson), Berba would have been odds on to be top-scorer for the season.
Berbatov to Chelsea
Hard to imagine Berbatov in a 4-5-1 disgused as a 4-3-3 – he’d start if Drogba wasn’t playing or he would then be competing with several other players for a spot on the wings, which isn’t ideal for a player like him.
Would have scored plenty of goals but he wouldn’t be the ideal fit (just like Sheva isn’t the ideal fit) and I doubt it would have worked out well.
Berbatov to Liverpool
One thing Berbatov has over Torres – proven in the Premiership. Berba would have slotted right in the Liverpool lineup and taken a starting berth. Don’t know if he would still have scored 30 goals at Liverpool but it’s a possibility, more than if he was at Chelsea or Tottenham for sure.
Berbatov to Arsenal
A move that would never have happened, and a good thing too – Arsenal with Berbatov plus one wide player would have been odds-on favourites for #3 and would have had a decent shot at the title. One player cannot change a club’s fortunes but he can change those of the players around him and sometimes a direct player like Berbatov can have a catalytical / inspirational effect that can raise the level of everyone around him, on and off the pitch.
It remains to be seen if Berbatov can, in his second season, do that for Tottenham. Like it or not, demand for the Bulgarian will increase year-on-year and if Tottenham are not playing in the Champions League in 2008/2009, serious questions will be asked of them next summer.
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Who comes up with these crappy ideas for articles?
July 24th, 2007 @ 15:03What if a large flying pig fell on the Man United and Chelsea players during the Charity Shield??
Another hypothetical question not worth worrying about!
July 24th, 2007 @ 15:07i havent heard or read so much crap before, dont people have better things to do rather than writing shit like this, berbatov is at the right club, secondly know one knew of him until commoli spotted him and thirdly he is happy at a club which is on the up and i cant wait for all your filthy mouths to be shut up when he and tottenham go to the champions league and show you all idiots that spurs are back,
spurs have very good players aswell who can play very well and compliment berbatov, why didnt you mention that?
infact our squad is better than arsenals and to be honest everyone is overating liverpool
July 24th, 2007 @ 15:11If he had gone I would not have renewed my season ticket in protest. Now I’m delighted the board held firm and waved away any offers.
COYS
July 24th, 2007 @ 15:12What if Van had stayed at ManU
July 24th, 2007 @ 15:14What if Henry had stayed at the Arse?
Why ask stupid questions?
Well i guess that if the Arse dont make the top 4, then bye bye to Fabrigas.
If Fergie dies of a heart Attack, bye bye Ronaldo.
Actually this is fun, the possibilties are endless.
I agree. This is one consistent transfer rumourthat has been truly put to bed.
IF Spurs don’t qualify for the Champs League next season there is no reason to beloeve Berbatov would immediately want to leave. He enjoyed UEFA Cup last season and does not need Cmaps League to guarantee a starting place in the Bulgarian national side.
He is happy as he has consistently stated.
Stop wasting your time on pure speculation and discuss something of some substance.
July 24th, 2007 @ 15:24Totally agree with Liverpool being over rated, our supply line to Berba is better than Liverpools.
They just have a good tactical coach who, like Chelsea but with worse players, plays a very negative brand of football. Can’t believe they think they’re going to win the title next year……….so deluded!
July 24th, 2007 @ 15:26what would have happened if ahmed had supported a club local to him?
July 24th, 2007 @ 15:30I think you missed the chance to address a much more interesting consequence of Berbatov leaving us i.e. Spurs. What would be the implication fot the future of the league. It would have underlined the monopoly the “big 4″ had. As soon as a good player arrives to a team outside the champions league spot, he is stolen. It would have been a very sad day, becuase it would have severely reduced the chance of a different club being in the champions league. This is the real “what if Berbatov had left Tottenham?”
July 24th, 2007 @ 15:49hahaha…good article here ahmed!
anyway, i was wondering admist the whole Tevez saga, has MU really out of their mind n senses? just about a year ago, SAF had openly n arrogantly declared that he/MU was offered both Tevez and Mascherano at quite a reasonable price without the controversy now, yet he didn’t take up on that option. Now, everyone knows how good these two guys are at that time, and even better now! imagine if SAF had signed both then and there, we could had won the league comfortably and even the European Champion’s League. i understand on the point of needing them both to settle first, but why didnt he signed them on loan during January? just like Liverpool….foolish MU! always! buying overpriced players! remember Carrick? Ferdinand? now Hargreaves and Tevez! agreed everyone? cheers!
July 24th, 2007 @ 15:51I just wasted three minutes of my life, reading and now writing to you. Of all the things, most of whicvh are pony, written on the internet, I doff my cap to you for actually writing the most pointless piece of drivvle ever. I am actually considering throwing my computer out of the window now.
July 24th, 2007 @ 16:33its ahmed ‘mido’ bilal again.
July 24th, 2007 @ 16:36A Manure fan wrote the article, and funnily enough, the end result if the Manure option taken up is best.
Ahmed, if you really want to hold yourself up as impartial, why dont you write a (decent) article about Manure’s hypocrisy relating to transfers with regards to Tevez and Heinze? I see someone has already brought it up as a forum topic.
July 24th, 2007 @ 16:39The most imbecilic and inane football article so far this summer. the biggest load of rubbish for the period and credit where credit is due there has been masses of competition but there you are a genuine winner here.
July 24th, 2007 @ 17:08Nest article” if my Auntie had b*lls would she have been my uncle”.
Sad individual- needs a life not a platform to spout such rubbish.
Absolute Pap – go and get yourself a girlfriend Mate…
July 24th, 2007 @ 17:13@ arsenal fan
you idiot you havent got a clue, it was commoli who scouted him bey the way and he works for spurs,
secondly you couldnt afford such a player, thirdly him being at spurs gives him the oportunity to play with class players as our squad is better than arsenals and by the way if you dont play regular champions league then you may be following leeds cos your skint and whos gonna pay the rent at the emirates
July 24th, 2007 @ 17:22Lame article. I find it hard to believe that Berbatov is the saviour of Man Utd as insinuated in this ‘what if’ scenario. Maybe Liverpool could find a place for him, but as for the other clubs, they don’t want nor need him.
I see the same inane arguments for Spurs has needlessly made its way into this comments section. I’ve made my thoughts clear on those specific irrelevancies in the other recent post about Arsenal vs Spurs for ’07/’08.
July 24th, 2007 @ 17:39I don’t think Berbatov is what United need because he just doesn’t score that many goals and I’d say that Rossi would probably score more if given the chance because he had a great record playing with a rubbish Parma team and if he leaves we will have lost a world class striker in the making.
July 24th, 2007 @ 18:48Really we are doing this now. you’ve ran out of stuff and topics to write about,now you have to go hypothetical,look, it didn’t happen and it wont happen.Why dont you write on fifa’s decision not to rule maybe someone at the CAS reads this and will be influenced to mke a quick case so that tevez can come to united.
July 24th, 2007 @ 19:02Or on a more pleasant note the 6-0 demolition of seoul,or the sholes injury and how it affects the team
Hypothetically……what if?…..Ronaldinho….
July 24th, 2007 @ 19:12Dear Mr. Bilal,
We note (with some concern) that the quality of your writing has been deteriorating steadily over a period of a few weeks. It may be that you have already rectified the problem, in which case, please ignore this letter. If however you are still under the impression that ‘What If. . .’ can be followed by something in the past tense and still be interesting in the present football climate, then please read on.
I regret to inform you this article is boring. In future, when writing an article based on a hypothetical premise, please follow the following easily understood instructions:
1: Please ensure that the premise has at least a small chance of becoming a reality.
2: Please do not write in the past perfect tense. Instead use the future tense eg.
Berbatov could have moved to ManU = boring because he didnt.
Berbatove could move to ManU = interesting. In future seeasons he might.
Yours faithfully.
Neil.
July 24th, 2007 @ 15:23screeeeeetchhhhhhhh#
#sound of Ahmed Bilal scraping the bottom of the barrel
July 24th, 2007 @ 19:25you could write about:
The disintigration of Arsenal.
What next for SWP.
Money in the premiership.
Footie tactics.
Next seasons predictions.
The average fan.
Football and racism.
Best Looking players.
Cheating.
Just let me know if you need more topics.
July 24th, 2007 @ 15:39Why are all tottenham fans so dissilusioned when it comes to any article involving them?
July 24th, 2007 @ 20:10well he if he does leave which he shud then he wont join chelsea unless they pay him lots why liverpool lol enoguh strikers 4 them manutd a possiblity ans arsenal arsene wenger was first to scout him out and then tottenham jus sign him funny isnt it if he leaves then tottenam will finsh like 9th or 10th in the league defoe will soon leave to
July 24th, 2007 @ 16:54“Taxi for Bilal…”
July 24th, 2007 @ 22:05We at Chelsea don’t need him, Arsenal could be very god with him, same for Liverpool, and Man U is a toss up because he wouldn’t be the feature striker.
July 24th, 2007 @ 22:13@chancre
your a muppet the article is talking shit which means your an idiot for posting such a comment,
i could understand if there was any sense in the article but its pure nonsense you muppet
July 24th, 2007 @ 22:29This article is a stretch, but so too is the Tevez article mentioning he was going to United…which still hasn’t happened…and proably never will.
July 24th, 2007 @ 22:42Ok, ok, I get the fkn point guys
July 24th, 2007 @ 23:36I find some of these comments a bit harsh. Its just a hypothetical debate for goodness sake. On the other hand Totenham fans have a right to be pissed…
July 24th, 2007 @ 23:52Hi guys, Big Mart here. Berbs going nowhere. Mr Bilal should get a bird. We hate Arse.
July 25th, 2007 @ 01:36What if people didn’t constantly try to unsettle players? The league would be far more competitive instead of a 2 horse race
July 25th, 2007 @ 03:10Kienu we didn’t sign Tevez and Mascherano because of the whole contract thing that West Ham got fined for, that would have been pretty distracting for us at the end of last season…
July 25th, 2007 @ 03:38Carrick wasn’t as good as he is now, and at the time we had Roy Keane and Schol;es so we didn’t need him, and Hargreaves wasn’t that great before the World Cup, he was better than people thought but hes gotten alot better since then, even Felix Magath said he came back ‘a different player’ after it.
Poor ol’ Ahmad.
July 25th, 2007 @ 16:07Sorry mate, But the article wasnt that bad it was just a random hypothetical and you were feeling bored i kno
What if Santa’s sleigh was towed by camels?, what if Man Utd played in yellow shirts?, what if footballs were big rubber oval bouncy balls?, what if cotton was silk?,what if black was white?, what if alphabetti spaghetti was made of just numbers?, what if I was a millionaire?, what if Comic Relief was funny?, what if the Tour de France was done on unicycles?, what if Arsenal were really a south london team?
oh…wait a minute that last one was true…..
July 25th, 2007 @ 16:29I agree with Joe90 (comment#11).
July 25th, 2007 @ 16:37What if Berbatov had left Tottenham? – I think the league’s competitiveness would have suffered most.
@everyone
July 25th, 2007 @ 16:40What if we had no imaginations or fantasies?
Now that would make life boring.
Ya we’re just debating what could have happened for god sake calm down people
July 25th, 2007 @ 17:00what if..what if…what kind of question is that?? as we say in italy “if my grandpa had 3 balls he would be a flipper!”
July 25th, 2007 @ 14:43I hope Berbatov stays at Spurs, he can win trophies there. He is very much helping Spurs compete for a Champions League spot. Spurs better not sell him to Man United, Liverpool have enough strikers, and I doubt that he would fit in, or go to Chelsea. Outside the top 4 in England, the main team after him will be the Nazis (Real Madrid), who better not get him
July 25th, 2007 @ 20:42@ Toby:
The spaghetti liner was classic! Of course, it would then be numericaletti spaghetti, duh.
July 25th, 2007 @ 22:18for manu
July 26th, 2007 @ 12:41Ahmed – Yes it is pure speculation but its a good crack anyway people. C’mon, Manure were after him so yeh “what if” scenario is good fun and while we’re on Berba – I recently watched an interview with him and the guy is so humble and polite. In a world of prima donnas and arrogant *ankers he is a gentlemen both on and off the pitch. He has showed the spurs faithful he is loyal to white hart lane. COYS!!!
July 26th, 2007 @ 17:47Waa! Waaaa! Waaaaaa!! my how you Arse fans have a deluded mind-set, please keep a grip on reality, but all in all don’t fault the hypethetical scenario, just it sounds a bit like; “Waaaa Waaaa! Waaaaa! Waaaaaaa! (the boring wailing of a tearful Arse supporter) deal with it your blip of success has come & gone. Allow the footy to speak for itself come on 07/08 season!
July 26th, 2007 @ 19:10