Dimitar Berbatov Claims He Can Become Manchester United’s Technical Director

Bulgaria's record goal-scorer, Dimitar Berbatov, is fondly remembered by Manchester United fans. He scored 56 times for the club across four seasons, including 20 league goals in a Golden Boot-winning season when United secured the Premier League title in 2011.

However, while players are often most remembered for what they helped a club win, Berbatov is remembered because of the way he played. The classy forward was always capable of something special, his famous languid style sometimes hiding the fact he could excite the crowd with a single touch or execution of technical mastery.

A couple of weeks ago, Berbatov claimed he could be the man to fulfil the role as Manchester United technical director. It's a positioned that has not existed before at the club, but it seems it is needed as things have gone wayward both on and off the pitch in recent times.

Berbatov has studied sports management

Berbatov said: "After Rio Ferdinand last week, Darren Fletcher is the latest name linked with the Director of Football role but why not Dimitar Berbatov? I have the degree in Sports Management (as well as coaching badges) for starters."

How bad have things become at Manchester United? Relatively speaking, very bad. In Berbatov's time at the club, United never finished lower than second. Currently, they are priced as big as 25/1 to win the Premier League next season with William Hill. If you compare those odds to their rivals - Man City 8/13, Liverpool 5/2, Spurs 14/1 - you can see how far United's star has fallen.

When Berbatov was at United, they were often installed as favourites for the subsequent season, even if they finished second the previous one. Today, they are odds against (11/10,...