Il presidente del Tottenham, Daniel Levy, attacca frontalmente il tecnico e manager del Manchester United, sir Alex Ferguson, definendolo "un ipocrita" e "un arrogante" in un apposito comunicato. Con Cristiano Ronaldo ormai in partenza per il Real Madrid, Ferguson si è concentrato sulla trattativa che potrebbe portare allo United l'attaccante bulgaro Berbatov del Tottenham. Corteggiato senza ritegno, secondo Levy. "Le dichiarazioni pubbliche dell'allenatore del Manchester United che annuncia di aver fatto un'offerta per Berbatov, aggiungendo di essere fiducioso sulla chiusura dell'accordo, sono un flagrante esempio di arroganza e di disturbo nei confronti del nostro giocatore", afferma Levy. Ma sono anche "una palese violazione dei regolamenti vigenti in Premier League e denotano una incredibile ipocrisia se confrontati a certe recenti dichiarazioni su Cristiano Ronaldo ed il Real Madrid". Levy ha annunciato di aver depositato una denuncia formale presso la Premier League contro Ferguson e il suo omologo del Liverpool Rafael Benitez, che a sua volta ha affermato di voler ingaggiare Robbie Keane, altro attaccante del Tottenham, senza chiedere prima l'autorizzazione del club, come prevede il regolamento.There has been substantial speculation in respect of the futures of Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane, including press comment from both Sir Alex Ferguson and Rafa Benitez. In response our Chairman, Daniel Levy has made the following statement:
"Today's public comments by Manchester United's manager, announcing that he has made an offer for Dimitar and is confident that the deal will go through with time working in their favour, is a blatant example of sheer arrogance and interference with one of our players. It is also probably one of the worst offences by any manager in the Premier League to date and is unbelievably hypocritical given his recent comments in respect of Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid.
"This comes after a series of events, dating back to last summer, which have shown Manchester United to be in breach of Premier League (PL) rules. As a result, we have today made an official complaint to the PL about the conduct of Manchester United. Benitez made similar comments in respect of Robbie recently and we made an official complaint to the PL about the conduct of Liverpool earlier this week.
"The behaviour of both clubs has been disgraceful. We told both clubs very early on that we had no interest in selling Robbie or Dimitar, respectively, and that they should refrain from pursuing the player. Both clubs arrogantly chose to ignore this request and we now have evidence that both clubs have systematically been working to prise the players away from us, outside of PL rules of conduct.
"Our subsequent position has been severely compromised by both clubs making their intentions widely known and indeed making contact with the players and their agents, without the Club's permission.
"I have absolutely no wish to sell either player and to date we have not accepted any offer for either. However, when a player's head is turned and their commitment is absent, particularly when they occupy key positions such as that of striker, they become a negative influence in a team dressing room in which they were once a positive addition and influence. This is the situation we now have on our hands, with both Dimitar and Robbie having made it clear that they wish to leave for Manchester Utd and Liverpool respectively.
Da TottenhamHotspur.com
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