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Spurs submit United dossier

22 Jul 2008 - 07:32:40

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Tottenham Hotspur have followed up their complaint over Manchester United's pursuit of Dimitar Berbatov by submitting a dossier to the Premier League.

Last week, chairman Daniel Levy accused the Old Trafford club of hypocrisy after quotes attributed to manager Sir Alex Ferguson confirming his interest in Berbatov and revealing his confidence at being able to push through a deal for the striker were published in a newspaper.

Levy suggested United should know better than to attempt to unsettle a player following their own battle with Real Madrid to keep hold of Cristiano Ronaldo this summer.

Ferguson has denied making the comments and has warned Spurs they face 'embarrassment' after basing their complaint on a newspaper story.

However, Spurs are reported to have submitted a year's worth of evidence in a dossier to the Premier League to support their complaint of United's pursuit of the Bulgaria striker.

The White Hart Lane club also reported Liverpool for their expression of interest in fellow striker Robbie Keane.

Last week an angry Levy claimed: "The behaviour of both clubs has been disgraceful. We told both clubs very early on that we had no interest in selling Robbie or Dimitar, respectively, and that they should refrain from pursuing the player.

"Both clubs arrogantly chose to ignore this request and we now have evidence that both clubs have systematically been working to prise the players away from us, outside of Premier League rules of conduct.

"The public comments by Manchester United's manager, announcing that he has made an offer for Dimitar and is confident that the deal will go through with time working in their favour, is a blatant example of sheer arrogance and interference with one of our players.

"It is also probably one of the worst offences by any manager in the Premier League to date.

"As a result, we have made an official complaint to the Premier League about the conduct of Manchester United."