Berbatov Announces Retirement With Lengthy Instagram Statement

Dimitar Berbatov has called it time on his footballing career in Berbatov-esque fashion.

The Bulgarian who played for Premier League clubs in Manchester United and Tottenham was a fan favourite wherever he chose to play.

He started out at Fulham before moving on to greener pastures.

Berbatov who was lauded in Manchester United for his individualism and brilliant play under the tutelage of Sir Alex Ferguson last played professional football last year while he was still at Kerala Blasters in the Indian Super League.

The former Red devil posted a video of a stunning overhead kick which he scored for Manchester United against Liverpool in the Premier League nine years ago on his Instagram story, before releasing his retirement statement hours later.

The Bulgarian posted the video on his Instagram story to celebrate the nine-year anniversary of the game he poured an incredible hattrick on eternal rivals, Liverpool.

His statement read:

“I did it my way!

“I know some of you already thought that I retired, and now maybe you are like WTF Berbs we know that you don’t play, but I did try to find something (a club) last year. Didn’t happen.

“So, someone told me I need to say something, and seeing that people were asking me, especially back home, I need to give a farewell message! So, here it is!”

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“My last game was more than one year ago, so I think its the right time now to stop and its long overdue!

“Although when I think about it, its never The End, because I will stay in the game in one way or another, the time has come to say that after almost 20 years playing football I am stopping with my professional ACTIVE football career!

“I will miss it! I will f***ing miss it! Everything! The games, trainings, the goals, preparations, the pressure, my teammates… the roar of the fans when I scored another banger.

“I was blessed and worked hard to have the opportunity to play with one of the best ever and against some of the best ever! And coming from small country this makes it even more special for me!

“I had my highs and of course some lows in my career, won my fair share of trophies, score some goals along the way as well! I played the way I wanna play, and I scored the goals I wanted to score!

“Thank you to all the people who helped me develop, and became the player I always wanted to be!

“Thank you to all my former teams my teammates and my coaches and staff! It was a pleasure!

“I know at times I was not easy to work with, but I always gave my everything for the teams I played for!

I hope you all have enjoyed my game, and everything I gave to entertain you on the pitch!

“Damn it, I will miss all of this, people, because I love football so much… But I am sure you will miss me as well. Thank you!”

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