{"id":296215,"date":"2023-11-04T12:39:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T12:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=296215"},"modified":"2023-11-04T12:39:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T12:39:13","slug":"man-utd-legend-sir-alex-ferguson-broke-liverpool-promise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/man-utd-legend-sir-alex-ferguson-broke-liverpool-promise\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd legend Sir Alex Ferguson broke Liverpool promise"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson broke a promise to Dimitar Berbatov after the Bulgarian agreed to join the Red Devils from Tottenham in 2008. The Scot told Berbatov that he could have a week off if he put pen-to-paper on a deal at Old Trafford but then threw the ex-striker straight into the starting line-up when United travelled to bitter rivals Liverpool days later. Ferguson ended up falling on his sword, however, as his team were defeated 2-1.<\/p>\n

\u201cLiverpool was the team we were trying to surpass on league titles when I got to Old Trafford,\u201d Berbatov told the United website. \u201cThey had 18, we had 17.<\/p>\n

\u201cSir Alex was with me when we were finalising the transfer and it was so last minute, so worrying that it was happening so late, that he said: \u2018Berba, I know it\u2019s stressful what you\u2019re going through, but when we finish this I promise you can have a week\u2019s break so you can get yourself together.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as I signed, it was: \u2018Okay, get ready. Next game is Liverpool.\u2019 In my head I\u2019m like, \u2018where\u2019s my one-week break?\u2019 But that was all fine. As the game got closer, I could feel the excitement, the nerves, the tension.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Berbatov also admitted that playing in a derby match between United and Liverpool finally allowed him to understand just how fierce the rivalry between the two clubs are.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou start to get more and more knowledge about the rivalry and the history between the two clubs,\u201d the 42-year-old added. \u201cThe expectation of winning the game, of performing – it\u2019s important. This is all building up until on the day of the game I stepped out on the pitch for the first time – and it was something new.\u201d<\/p>\n