He's no Cantona...

But he is Dimitar Berbatov. This notion of anyone being remotely similar to Eric Cantona is ludicrous at best. The fans know it, the players know it, the club know it. Berbatov is his own man who will bring a whole new class and style of play to the greatest club in the world. It's the media that spouts out this kind of nonsense. True, Berbatov will play a similar roll, physically he is similar and will dominate the forward position particularly with his height and strength. We've already seen him as a great holder of the ball and clinical passer that brings another great Spurs player to mind, Teddy Sheringham, before Cantona. Sure, he's volatile, unpredictable and a tad bit moody, which is perhaps the main reason why there is this comparison to the greatest Manchester United player of all time. These characteristics are what built United and something that is sorely missing in todays squad with all the talent in the world but lacking that gut wrenching engine from yester-year. So when Paul Ince claims the greatest Manchester United team was in fact the one he played on and not the one today, I would tend to agree. Not only did we have Roy Keane, but we had Mark Hughes, Bruce, Pallister, Cantona, Giggs, Schmeical, all on the same team.

Berbatov has that passion and fire found in Rooney, but lacking in everyone else apart from Vidic and possibly Ferdinand. His arrival will ignite that passion in the team and supporters. I can not wait to see how this year pans out.