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Transfer Talk

Dimitar Berbatov special: Truth on Spurs exit, Deadline Day move to Man Utd & CL heartache

Transfer Talk

Sky Sports

Soccer, News, Sports News, Sports

4.5886 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Dimitar Berbatov sits down with Dharmesh Sheth to reveal all on the moves that he did and didn’t make during his career. The former striker explains his humble beginnings and how he was nearly forced to sign for a club by a Bulgarian mafia boss. Berbatov discusses how he joined Bayer Leverkusen, their incredible 2000/01 campaign and why he was keen to emulate Diego Maradona at the Bundesliga club. He opens up on his switch to Tottenham, his partnership with Robbie Keane and the truth behind his exit from the club. Berbatov reveals the inner workings behind his Deadline Day move to Manchester United and the role Sir Alex Ferguson played in convincing him to join the Old Trafford club.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Transfer Talk, brought to you by Bet 365, where every nail biting Neil-Neil, every bizarre

0:06.8

VAR, every foregone conclusion, bad pass, slam dunk, tap in, false start, dead heat,

0:13.2

and absolutely expected defeat is amazing.

0:16.7

From football to tennis and ice hockey to motorsports.

0:20.0

Whatever the moment, it's never ordinary at Bet 365. Hello again. Welcome to another edition of the Transfer Talk

0:36.7

podcast. We're in Central London and we are with the one and only Dimitar

0:42.1

Berberto.

0:42.7

Dimitar, thank you so much for joining us.

0:45.6

No problem.

0:46.6

This is the bit where you can reveal all to us when you did those interviews post-match

0:52.0

and pre-match and you couldn't give much away

0:54.4

this is where you spill the beans. Okay deal? Well we'll see what you're gonna ask.

0:59.3

Yeah, let's start from the beginning though first of all when you were growing up in Bulgaria

1:04.4

just give us an insight what that was like for you. It was like every other kid

1:10.0

back home you have a childhood full of memory and you know playfulness chasing the

1:19.5

ball in my case and of course even if your parents have trouble finding money or jobs or whatever,

1:29.1

you don't understand about that. You just think it's a game because they are presenting it to you as a game

1:36.0

and only later in your life you find out how difficult really was.

1:40.0

You know I always give that example back then when we used to get up six in the morning to go and wait for breath,

1:49.0

you know, and the line, so the line was so big, you don't see the end of the line.

1:52.9

So you need to get up early and you go save your place before the store open

1:57.5

and wait and so you can have bread.

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