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Berbatov out, Arshavin in

August 13, 2008 By mabbs 22 Comments

The revolving door at the Lane keeps on turning and the next couple of days should see Dimitar Berbatov finally tie up his move to Manchester United, while Andrei Arshavin will become a Tottenahm Hotspur player.

Both these transfers feel like they have been dragging on for longer than we had to endure Justin Edinburgh at left back, and that was a long frigging time!

Utd’s bid for David Silva was rebuffed by Valencia and it looks like they want to ensure they have another striker at the club before the weekend. Berbatov was always their main target until Dossiergate and it looks like they will get their man in the end.

I can’t say I’m disappointed. Don’t get me wrong, Berbatov has been magnificent for us since his £10.9m move from Bayer Leverkusen two years ago but the time has come for him to move on. His heart has been set on a move to Utd for a while now and although his negative body language has always been present and is just his way, it now screams get me out of here.

Arshavin isn’t the player Berbatov is but I’m sure he’ll be hungry, something which has been lacking from Berbatov’s game for some time now.

If the rumoured transfer fees are to be believed, we will basically be getting Arshavin and just under £10m in, and losing Berba. Like most of our work in this transfer window, it strikes me as good business.

Following yesterday’s capture of Cesar Sanchez things look like they are coming together just in time for the big kick off at Boro.

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  1. Anonymous says

    August 13, 2008 at 10:03 am

    about bloody time, he can do one.

  2. Anonymous says

    August 13, 2008 at 10:27 am

    its about time this saga ends! berba is a great talented player, but to be quite honest he can piss off.

  3. Anonymous says

    August 13, 2008 at 10:28 am

    Bye Bye Berba!

    Still think we’ll have one or two more transfer suprises before the end of the window too… Like a central midfielder who used to be england captain….

  4. Anonymous says

    August 13, 2008 at 10:34 am

    This is bad news, utter crap yes berbaflop should go but not to another club in the premiership this just shows we are a feeder club to the big four crap…

    very pissed off with Spurs he should of gone to Europe

  5. yid army says

    August 13, 2008 at 10:34 am

    Ray Wilkins?

  6. Anonymous says

    August 13, 2008 at 10:35 am

    tbh i think arshavin will do more than berbas anyway
    so COYS
    top 5 finish

  7. Anonymous says

    August 13, 2008 at 10:40 am

    Berbatov will hardly get a game at man united, if u wana try to convince me that theyll chuck him on in front of tevez and rooney for half the season or more ur wasting ur time. Even saha is just as good if not better!

  8. Anonymous says

    August 13, 2008 at 10:46 am

    We need players who’ll give 110% and Berba doesn’t do that. H e’s quality but if his heart isn’t in it he’s got to go. Am worried about the defence – we obviously need another proven central defender if this saga with Corluka doesn’t sort itself out. ………….and why haven’t we replaced Keane yet???

  9. Anonymous says

    August 13, 2008 at 10:51 am

    The problem is his name – ARSESHAVIN – we are going to be the BUTT of too many songs!! May be Gillette will pony up with some nice sponsorship.

  10. Anonymous says

    August 13, 2008 at 10:52 am

    how sure are you that Arshavin IS coming?

  11. BI says

    August 13, 2008 at 11:04 am

    They were hoping to get Arshavin sorted today.

  12. johnnyb says

    August 13, 2008 at 11:06 am

    Once the Berba cash is in Arshavin will be a done deal…

  13. Anonymous says

    August 13, 2008 at 12:05 pm

    Saha and 20 Mil for Berba. Spend it on Arshavin. 2 for the price of 1!

  14. Anonymous says

    August 13, 2008 at 5:01 pm

    “Still think we’ll have one or two more transfer suprises before the end of the window too… Like a central midfielder who used to be england captain”

    BRYAN ROBSON??????

  15. Anonymous says

    August 13, 2008 at 6:40 pm

    COYS top four if not top 5 berba is a waste of space at spurs hu doesnt even try while arshavin on the other hand is a goalscorer n a skillful player

  16. Anonymous says

    August 13, 2008 at 7:18 pm

    I’m not sure how you can say that Arshavin is not the player Berbatov is! sure they’re different but I think Arshavin is at least as good he was awsome for Zenit and Russia last season and I’ve never seen Berba being that influential on a regular basis , I think he’ll contribute more in a season than Berba as Berbs only really plays for two months a season

  17. Anonymous says

    August 13, 2008 at 7:24 pm

    Arshavin would be awesome but he’s more of a replacement for Keane (a much better player and cheaper than Keane) I’d be delighted if we got Santa Cruz or Kanoute as a replacement for Berbs but that would be harsh on Bent who has excelled in pre season.

  18. Anonymous says

    August 13, 2008 at 7:25 pm

    The thing about Berbatov is that he’s brilliant on his day but his day doesn’t come around often enough!!

  19. Bolasinema says

    August 14, 2008 at 4:56 am

    The complete sentence is: “Berbatov and Keane out, Arshavin in”.

  20. Harry Hotspur says

    August 14, 2008 at 10:24 am

    Look Out Spam!

    http://www.oleole.com/blogs/harryhotspur/posts/24hrs

  21. Mabbs says

    August 14, 2008 at 11:04 am

    Your spam’s ok here HH, might be an idea to get it on today’s post as well!

  22. Dunk says

    August 19, 2008 at 7:29 pm

    Just a teaser : http://distantpix.com/#3e8be0a38e7dcfd903dbc9e1265a2ddc.jpg

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