Manchester United blog..

According to the very latest news Spurs Chairman Daniel Levy has made it clear that he has NOT given United permission to speak to Dimitar Berbatov, yet earlier reports in the day claimed that Ferguson himself had collected the Bulgarian striker from Manchester Airport and drove him to the Reds Carrington training ground for talks.

Media reports are now suggesting that rivals Manchester City are in the driving seat to sign the Spurs star given that they have reportedly had a £30m+ bid accepted from the Citizens.

Meanwhile, contrary to earlier reports from Spain, Real Madrid are not interested in signing Berbatov, speculation suggested that the Spanish club were about to launch at £35m raid on White Hart Lane to scupper the Champions hopes of capturing their top summer target.