Considering Barcelonas high-tempo passing game and penchant for pressing from the front on those rare occasions they concede possession to the opposition, its difficult to imagine any striker in world football less suited to their particularly industrious angry swarm of bees attacking style than Dimitar Berbatov. The kind of player more inclined to spark up a Gauloises and kick back with a copy of Jean-Paul Sartres Being and Nothingness while waiting for his team-mates to retrieve the ball than engage in anything so gauche as actual scurrying, it is difficult to imagine the Bulgarians name leaping to the collective mind of coaching staff at the Camp Nou as they discussed the possibility of signing cover for Lionel Messi, who is expected to miss at least eight weeks with a torn hamstring. And yet ... Spanish newspaper Sport reports that the Fulham striker is one of several veteran centre-forwards on Tata Martinos shortlist, alongside Borussia Dortmunds Robert Lewandowski, Manchester Citys Sergio Agüero, Lazios Miroslav Klose and Galatasarays Didier Drogba.
Posted on: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 12:57:38 +0000
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