Guest sicko2ndbest Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 ............on the back of his shirt I know this topic was discussed last year and even featured on Football focus. Would people still have him now, bearing in mind we would still have to part with about 20mil+? Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov grew up as a mad Newcastle United fan. The Bulgaria international grew up worshipping Alan Shearer - and slept in a No 9 Newcastle shirt! Berba's mum Margarita, 45, a former champion handball player, recalls how the Shearer shirt became her boy's prized possession. She told The Sun: "Dimitar wore this shirt all the time. "He even used to sleep in his Newcastle shirt! It's that special to him. "Dimitar told me it was his dream to play for Newcastle United one day and wear the same shirt as Alan Shearer, who is my son's hero. "Shearer was a major inspiration for him to work hard for himself and the team. He liked the fact that Alan Shearer scored goals but was not a selfish player. "Dimitar thinks this shirt may even have been a sign he was meant to play in England." His old schoolmate Mario Bekov, who has known Berbatov for 20 years, said his admiration for the former Toon ace bordered on obsession. He said: "Dimitar never missed a Newcastle game when it was on television. And Shearer was up there with Pele as a God for him." Another pal, Stefan Damianov, recalled how Berbatov considered himself to be an honorary Geordie as he followed the Toon and grew up in a mining region of Blagoevgrad. He said: "People in this part of Bulgaria like the Newcastle team especially and identify themselves with the football-mad culture of the people there and loyalty to the team." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thespence Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Woud love to see Geordie Berbatov dream come true. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Roeder was stupid not to sign him last summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest justin99. Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Roeder was stupid not to sign him last summer. Thats abit harsh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Roeder was stupid not to sign him last summer. Thats abit harsh Not really. If Berbatov likes Newcastle that much, knowing that we needed a Shearer replacement, I'm sure he was touted to us, and he eventually went to Spurs at a very good price. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 cant see him coming here tbh. although its more likely than it was this time last year when it was on footy focus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mobiius Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 cant see him coming here tbh. although its more likely than it was this time last year when it was on footy focus i personally think that all it would take to get him, is Big Al in his capacity as a Toon ambassador to speak to the lad and sell him newcastle and he would jump at the chance, he would be a 10x better signing than vids and by all accounts he would be fulfilling a boyhood dream otherwise we wouldn't even be discussing this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 I think if he were to move from Spurs, it would be to a CL club. So that's what we need to aim for. Great player, when he can be arsed (which is not at the moment) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 berbatoon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Big pic of him in the sun with Berbatov on a toon shirt http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00375/Berbatov_375683a.jpg http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article365647.ece Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 cant see him coming here tbh. although its more likely than it was this time last year when it was on footy focus i personally think that all it would take to get him, is Big Al in his capacity as a Toon ambassador to speak to the lad and sell him newcastle and he would jump at the chance, he would be a 10x better signing than vids and by all accounts he would be fulfilling a boyhood dream otherwise we wouldn't even be discussing this. All it would take is a big fat pay cheque, a top 4 club in the champions league, and the possibility of winning a trophy or two imo. There's precious little sentiment in football these days especially from foreigners Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSkÃrare Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Berbatov is the perfect replacement for Viduka in two years. When is his contract with Spuds up? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Roeder was stupid not to sign him last summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 He's a good player but like the majority of Spurs players he's massively overrated in the media, he was only having a decent season up until he came off the bench against Fulham and scored two and that was when the media wankfest really took off. Van Persie's a better player and was last season too before he got injured. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 “Dimitar told me it was his dream to play for Newcastle United one day and wear the same shirt as Alan Shearer, who is my son’s hero." The ITK's have confirmed his mum has admitted she was confused and it was in fact a Spurs Chris Armstrong shirt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Big pic of him in the sun with Berbatov on a toon shirt http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00375/Berbatov_375683a.jpg http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/article365647.ece Mods, make this KingDawson's Av! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmk Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Would be great but he is one of the highest valued strikers in the premiership, they would probably not even accept 25m for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/3355/berbatov375683acv5.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Would be awesome if we could get Berbs. Him and Owen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 I see the window title on the Sun page actually reads "Berbatov Slept in Spurs shirt" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 We can sign him when they get relegated . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 Roeder was stupid not to sign him last summer. Even though he signed a pre-contract deal for Spurs the day after Roeder was installed? He'd have to have been fucking quick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 I see the window title on the Sun page actually reads "Berbatov Slept in Spurs shirt" http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/8877/picture1ag9.png Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearer9 Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 The page title bit, not the story headline. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobby Posted October 20, 2007 Share Posted October 20, 2007 The page title bit, not the story headline. it's wrong Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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