‘That’s how I thought the game should be played, with great assists and goals. If you have improvisation without the end result, you need to go to the circus’ Dimitar Berbatov reflects on his playing style

Dimitar Berbatov.

Dimitar Beratov cut a distinct figure on the football pitch during his 20-year career.

The Bulgarian’s elegant, composed and laid-back style made him one of the classiest players of his era, with FourFourTwo placing him at number 64 in a list of the 100 greatest Premier League players of all-time.