Dimitar Berbatov will continue to rebuild his Manchester United career with manager Sir Alex Ferguson admitting that he would not have blamed the striker for demanding to quit after he was left out of the Champions League final in May.
Berbatov broke down in tears on hearing the news and later revealed that he was so ‘ashamed’ at not making the bench that he hid in the Wembley dressing room and watched the game on television.
It increased speculation that the Bulgarian would leave despite being joint top scorer in the Barclays Premier League last season.
But Ferguson has been impressed by his attitude since returning to training this month and will play him against Seattle Sounders confident that he has put the experience behind him.
Asked if he would have understood if Berbatov had asked to leave, Ferguson said: ‘Yes, I’d understand that, but you could say that about them all. There were seven or eight players disappointed at not being involved in the final. Berbatov will be all right. His training has been terrific and he’s a good person, a nice guy.
‘I don’t pick the same team every week, do I? I’ve only done that once in the last three years. So they understand it’s the squad that wins the games and wins the cups and I’ve got a good squad that will be used in exactly the same way.’
Ferguson admits that Berbatov has been the unfortunate victim of Javier Hernandez’s spectacular emergence.
He said: ‘Chicharito hit such good form that you had to put him in every game. It was unfortunate for Berbatov. It didn’t make him a bad player, he was just an unlucky player that this lad came in.’
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