Tottenham’s new coach Juande Ramos insists that he would not sell Bulgarian striker Dimitar Berbatov to Manchester United in the January 2008 transfer window.

 “There is no chance he will go,” Ramos said as quoted by The Sun. “On the contrary, we need Berbatov because if we want to reach our objectives we need a player of his class.”

United’s manager Alex Ferguson was “a huge fan of the Tottenham hitman” and had already made a bit for Berbatov in the summer of 2007. According to UK media, Ferguson was targeting the striker, offering six million pounds and two players, Louis Saha and Wes Brown.

Ramos’s answer was that “I can only tell you that Berbatov is a great player and with so little money it’s impossible to take him…They have to put a lot of money on the table and many good players to compensate for the quality of Berbatov…Dimitar for us is a player who is not for sale. It will be very difficult, very complicated for anyone to take him.”

Ramos is desperate to keep Berbatov but the Bulgarian’s long-term future still largely depends on whether Spurs would get into European championship this season.

Berbatov on his part, tried to put an end to the speculations, stating that he was happy at Tottenham, skysport.com said.

“It’s a pleasure and an honour to play for Tottenham and I enjoy myself here,” Berbatov told the Daily Telegraph.

According to express.co.uk, Ferguson had got the message and was “poised to send out an SOS to Henrik Larsson after learning Spurs will not consider letting Dimitar Berbatov leave in January for less than £20million.”

Still, Berbatov remains Ferguson’s first choice.