Man Utd legend selects Rooney over Ronaldo in former teammate 5-a-side team
MANCHESTER UNITED and Tottenham legend Dimitar Berbatov has named his perfect five-a-side team made up of former team-mates... and there is NO Cristiano Ronaldo or ANY Spurs players.
The Bulgarian, 42, exclusively revealed to SunSport that he is concerned about Erik ten Hag's side following their 3-1 defeat to Arsenal.
But the worry he has for the Red Devils stems from a love for the club where he won two Premier League titles.
And while he also spent three seasons with Tottenham - winning the League Cup in 2008 - he has not selected a single Spurs team-mate in his dream five-a-side line-up.
That is because of the army of Man Utd superstars he featured alongside between 2008 and 2012.
Sir Alex Ferguson's side won league titles in 2009 and 2011, while also reaching Champions League finals in both of those seasons - before losing to Barcelona.
And they also picked up a League Cup in between during what was a golden period for the club.
Yet perhaps the most high-profile name from that team, Ronaldo, has not made Berbatov's ideal five-man side.
It is one of two major surprises in his selection - with the other being that he put HIMSELF as a DEFENDER.
That is despite Berbatov netting 56 goals in 149 games as a striker for Man Utd.
Making the cut alongside him is keeper Edwin van der Sar, centre-back Nemanja Vidic, midfielder Paul Scholes and striker Wayne Rooney.
Naming his team, the Betfair Ambassador exclusively told SunSport said: "Of course I'm going to put myself in there, I'm very good at five-a-side.
"Since I was f***ing eight or nine years old I was playing five-a-side back home.
"And let me tell you it helps a lot when you play five-a-side. It can develop your speed, quick-thinking, technique, touch, everything.
"Five-a-side they
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