By hook or by crook - Sir Alex gets his man

So the window has shut. All deals between clubs are over until January but it was a Deadline Day like any other. The big move was Robinho which I'll talk about later but this blog post is about the Dimitar Berbatov saga that finally ended at around half past midnight this morning.

The Bulgarian International had spent the whole summer seemingly angling for a move to Old Trafford. Manchester United never seemed to waver that they were going to get their man. They didn't seem to have a backup ready and it was Berbatov that manager Sir Alex Ferguson wanted.

Then at around midday came something they would never have seen coming came. Manchester City blew them out of the water with a stunning £32million bid, which was subsequently accepted by Spurs.

Suddenly their city rivals had permission to speak to the player that they had coveted throughout the off-season. So Berbatov headed off to Manchester to speak to City but wait, he never spoke to them. He was met by Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson at the airport and was whisked away to their training ground complex. He even undertook a medical at the club with Spurs still stressing that they hadn't given permission for the player to even speak to the club.

Now if this was the case then United were in serious trouble, the type of trouble that could've even led to a transfer embargo. Speaking to a player without permission is frowned upon but doing it in such a brazen way and having that player undertaking a medical at your club is something else.

The deal finally went through in the early hours for a fee of £30.75million with Frazier Campbell spending a year on-loan at White Hart Lane. This was far in excess of the original offer but that isn't even the important bit. As part of the deal Spurs have agreed to withdraw their complaint regarding the actions of Manchester United throughout this transfer saga.

It was in essence blood money for acting unscrupulously in their pursuit of Berbatov. They paid far more than they originally wanted to so Spurs would shut up and not carry on with their complaint. All it goes to prove is that if you have enough money you can do whatever you like and the big fish can trample all over the smaller fish in the Premier League.

I'd of loved Spurs to dig their heels in and not deal with United but they were over a barrel. Berbatov only wanted to go to one club and was not going to sign for Manchester City. This meant that Spurs could either let him go for a then British Transfer Record fee or they could keep a very unhappy player who showed no sign of wanting to play for the club anyone.

I hope Berbatov flops at Old Trafford I really do – it would really be quite funny and it would serve United right for acting disgracefully throughout this whole process.