MANCHESTER UNITED are planning to table a massive offer of £27.5million plus Louis Saha for Tottenham’s Dimitar Berbatov.
On the day Owen Hargreaves completed his Old Trafford medical, the Reds were set to launch an incredible move worth £39m.
United hope they can persuade Spurs to release their star man by offering £11.5m-rated Saha plus the huge cash sum.
Spurs paid Bayer Leverkusen £10.9m for the Bulgarian international last summer.
Yesterday, Berbatov’s agent Emil Dantchev refused to confirm the player would be at White Hart Lane next season.
Dantchev said: “In football you do not know what will happen tomorrow.”
Spurs are trying to get Berbatov to sign a new six-year contract, doubling his £22,000-a-week deal. United could more than treble it to £70,000 a week.
Berbatov, 26, was a sensation in his first Premiership season, hitting 23 goals and winning rave reviews.
He also has 26 goals in 44 games for Bulgaria.
Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo hit 46 between them for United but boss Alex Ferguson believes Berbatov would be the ideal frontman for the pair to play off.
Hargreaves has played for Bayern Munich against Berbatov in the Bundesliga.
He said: “This season Berbatov has been a breath of fresh air in English football, he just makes the game look so easy at times.”
