No top four and I'm off - Berbatov makes his choice

13 April 2012

Dimitar Berbatov has sought assurance that he will be able to leave Tottenham Hotspur at the end of the season.

Emil Dantchev, his representative, met Damien Comolli, the Tottenham sporting director, yesterday to discuss the Bulgaria forward's future.

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Champions League hopes: Berbatov

Berbatov has been unsettled by Tottenham's refusal to allow him to move to Manchester United in the summer as well as his club's poor start to the season.

United first made an approach for the forward towards the end of the last campaign, in which he scored 23 goals in his first season after his move from Bayer Leverkusen.

Tottenham were unwilling to sell him, not least because supporters would have questioned their ambition after the departure of Michael Carrick, the England midfield player, to United a year before.

But the club are believed to have come to a gentlemen's agreement that he can leave for a large fee if Tottenham fail to qualify for the Champions League this season.

There is the prospect of the striker asking for a transfer in January, but Comolli says that was not on the agenda during talks yesterday.

"It is simply not an issue," Comolli told The Times. "I met with Dimitar's agent today and he assured me Dimitar is not looking for a move in January and simply wants to concentrate on helping the team to push up the table. He is on a long-term contract with us."

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