Dimitar Berbatov looks a changed player this term. With goals added to his silky smooth skills, the Bulgarian was named the PFA’s player of the month for September.
And whilst the talent has always been there it, people haven’t always recognised this but one person that has is Inter Milan’s Champions League winning defender Lucio. The Brazilian who played with Berbatov at Bayer Leverkusen said of the striker:
“With the natural ability that guy has with a football we could be talking about him being the world player of the year this season,” said Lucio. “I’ve played with Kaka, Ronaldinho, Wesley Sneijder – and Berbatov is as naturally gifted as any of them. It took him time to adjust at Manchester United but, once he did, I was always confident he would hit this sort of form. I think we have just started to see the best from him. He is now entering his peak years and I am sure he will get better and better with every game this season.”
Lofty praise from a top defender, lets hope his words come to fruition!
