{"id":464476,"date":"2011-07-20T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T07:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/20\/sir-alex-ferguson-i-would-have-understood-if-dimitar-berbatov-wanted-to-leave-manchester-united-after-champions-league-final-snub\/"},"modified":"2011-07-20T07:05:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T07:05:00","slug":"sir-alex-ferguson-i-would-have-understood-if-dimitar-berbatov-wanted-to-leave-manchester-united-after-champions-league-final-snub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/20\/sir-alex-ferguson-i-would-have-understood-if-dimitar-berbatov-wanted-to-leave-manchester-united-after-champions-league-final-snub\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Alex Ferguson: I would have understood if Dimitar Berbatov wanted to leave Manchester United after Champions League final snub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Kieran Crowley<\/h3>\n<h4>20 Jul 2011 08:05:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"73.2586458841\">\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Berbatov and Ferguson\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/123200\/123231_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Berbatov and Ferguson<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"42.7334484744\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/3274\/ligue-1\/2011\/06\/23\/2544520\/paris-saint-germain-prepare-move-for-manchester-united\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/manchester-united\">Manchester United<\/a> manager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/07\/19\/2581733\/manchester-united-boss-sir-alex-ferguson-eyeing-barcelona\">Sir Alex Ferguson<\/a> says he would have understood if <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/3274\/ligue-1\/2011\/06\/23\/2544520\/paris-saint-germain-prepare-move-for-manchester-united\">Dimitar Berbatov<\/a> wanted to leave the club at the end of last season.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old striker was left out of the Champions league final squad against Barcelona despite finishing joint-top scorer in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Berbatov broke down in tears when he heard he would not be included and watched the match from United&#8217;s dressing room.<\/p>\n<p>But Sir Alex has been pleased with the way the Bulgarian has performed in training and believes he will have a role to play this season.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he would have understood Berbatov wanting to leave, Sir Alex told reporters: \u201cYes, I\u2019d understand that, but you could say that about them all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBerbatov will be all right. His training has been terrific and he\u2019s a good person, a nice guy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were seven or eight players disappointed at not being involved in the final. Berbatov will be all right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sir Alex has defended leaving the Bulgarian, who was named in the PFA Team of the Year last season, out of the squad, believing you have to rotate a team if you are going to win silverware.<\/p>\n<p>The Scot added: \u201cThey understand it\u2019s the squad that wins the games and wins the cups and I\u2019ve got a good squad that will be used in exactly the same way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t pick the same team every week, do I? I\u2019ve only done that once in the last three years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The United boss also praised the emergence of Mexican striker Javier Hernandez, citing his form as a key reason behind Berbatov being left out of the team.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cChicharito hit such good form that you had to put him in every game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was unfortunate for Berbatov. It didn\u2019t make him a bad player, he was just an unlucky player that this lad came in.\u201d<br \/><span><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><em>Our<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93900\/93900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"11\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0provides the best breaking news online and our\u00a0<\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93800\/93899.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"49\" height=\"10\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0football fan community is unmatched worldwide. Never miss a thing again!<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/07\/20\/2582674\/sir-alex-ferguson-i-would-have-understood-if-dimitar\" title=\"Sir Alex Ferguson: I would have understood if Dimitar Berbatov wanted to leave Manchester United after Champions League final snub\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sir Alex Ferguson: I would have understood if Dimitar Berbatov wanted to leave Manchester United after Champions League final snub<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Kieran Crowley 20 Jul 2011 08:05:00 Berbatov and Ferguson Related Links Teams Players Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says he would have understood if Dimitar Berbatov wanted to leave the club at the end of last season. The 30-year-old striker was left out of the Champions league final squad against Barcelona despite finishing joint-top scorer in the Premier League<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-464476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sir Alex Ferguson: I would have understood if Dimitar Berbatov wanted to leave Manchester United after Champions League final snub - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/20\/sir-alex-ferguson-i-would-have-understood-if-dimitar-berbatov-wanted-to-leave-manchester-united-after-champions-league-final-snub\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Sir Alex Ferguson: I would have understood if Dimitar Berbatov wanted to leave Manchester United after Champions League final snub - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Kieran Crowley 20 Jul 2011 08:05:00 Berbatov and Ferguson Related Links Teams Players Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says he would have understood if Dimitar Berbatov wanted to leave the club at the end of last season. 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