Carrick makes Berba plea

United midfielder eager to link-up with Spurs favourite

By Alex Dunn   Last updated: 14th November 2007   Subscribe to RSS Feed

Carrick makes Berba plea

Carrick: Berbatov fan

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Michael Carrick has urged Dimitar Berbatov to tread on the same path as he did; in quitting White Hart Lane for Old Trafford.

Berbatov's future at Tottenham has been the subject of fevered speculation of late, with reports emanating from the player's camp suggesting he was ready to quit the capital.

The Bulgarian has since come out to pledge his allegiance to his present employers and their supporters, on the contrary to what several members of his family have intimated.

Manchester United have long since been mooted as suitors, with Sir Alex Ferguson known to be an admirer of the precociously gifted striker.

Carrick made the move from Spurs to United 16 months ago in an £18.5million transfer and he believes that should a similar big-money deal be agreed for Berbatov, it would be a match made in heaven.

Class act

"Any world-class player who is going to bring something different to the club, you always welcome that whether that's Berbatov or whoever," he told the Metro.

"He's a very good player. I've watched him quite a bit because he's playing for my old club and I try and watch them whenever I can.

"He had a very good season last year and people are always going to link him with big clubs like United.

"As players here what you look for is a player coming in who can bring you something different, like Berbatov certainly would.

"I'm not saying he's better than what we've got, because we've got the best around up front.

"But we would welcome any world-class players who can strengthen the squad and Berbatov certainly would do that."