멘시 베르바토프에 충격적인 3400만 유로 비드 ㅎㄷㄷㄷ

[베르바토프 백작]

Manchester City's new owners flex their muscle with £34m bid for Berbatov

· Abu Dhabi group eclipses Man Utd's offer for Spurs forward
· 'Our goal is to make City the biggest Premier League club'

• Daniel Taylor
• guardian.co.uk,
• Monday September 01 2008 14:13 BST
• Article history

Dimitar Berbatov is believed to be on his way to Manchester, but has his heart set on joining United not City. Photograph: Henry Browne/Action Images

Manchester City's new Arab owners have demonstrated their huge financial muscle by making an astonishing bid to hijack Manchester United's move for Dimitar Berbatov and smash the British transfer record. City have informed Tottenham Hotspur today that they are willing to pay £34m for the Bulgarian international striker, eclipsing United's take-it-or-leave-it £25m offer.

Hughes claimed Spurs had accepted City's bid and said he would look to hold talks with Berbatov today. "I think it's agreed between ourselves and Tottenham, and now really it's down to the boy to make a decision I think," said Hughes.

The bid demonstrates City's new financial power on the day that Thaksin Shinawatra sold the club to the Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment (Adug), a company backed by the United Arab Emirates royal family and Dr Sulaiman Al-Fahim, a multi-billionaire who has been described as 'the Donald Trump of Abu Dhabi.'

The £200m takeover has left City in the ownership of an organisation that has even greater resources than Roman Abramovich at Chelsea, and it has quickly become apparent that huge sums will be made available for Hughes to strengthen the team.

"It's really important we have a good season this year," said Hughes. "There's been a lot of disruption and a lot of negative publicity surrounding the club but I think that's been wiped out in one fell swoop, and now we can move forward in a positive fashion. I am as stunned and excited by this as the fans are."

Al-Fahim, the 16th richest Arab in the world, confirmed that the club would try to recruit the former Brazil international Ronaldo and explore the possibility of signing Thierry Henry from Barcelona in the next transfer window. However, the move for Berbatov is unlikely to result in anything other than complicating United's summer-long pursuit of the player, particularly after United today completed the sale of Louis Saha to Everton.

Berbatov, who is believed to be en route to Manchester, has already made it clear he has set his heart on moving to Old Trafford and the chances of him changing his mind to join City are believed to be minimal, if not non-existent - even if there might be more money available to him at Eastlands.

Thaksin, who will remain at the club as honorary president without any administrative responsibilities, agreed the takeover on Sunday night after three weeks of negotiations with a company that has previously shown an interest in buying both Arsenal and Newcastle.

"We will release details later, but this is a great event for both the club and Abu Dhabi," said Al-Fahim, the chief executive of Hydra Properties. "Our goal is very simple: to make Manchester City the biggest club in the Premier League, and to begin with to finish in the top four this season."

City confirmed the deal in a statement this morning: "Manchester City can confirm‎ that a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Abu Dhabi United Group (Adug) and Manchester City Football Club Limited," a club statement read. "A period of due diligence for all parties, including the FA Premier League, has now been entered."

[Matthäus]

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[Iampard]

휴지감독....

[Raul Albiol]

주급 3억.......GG

[Lasmar]

파운드는 아니네요... 맨유에서 제의한 25m 파운드랑 많은 차이는 없는데