Last Updated: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:10
Tottenham have confirmed Dimitar Berbatov wants to leave - but have accused Manchester United of "sheer arrogance".
Spurs chairman Daniel Levy has revealed he has reported the champions and Liverpool to the Premier League over their pursuit of Berbatov and Robbie Keane respectively.
The news comes after Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed yesterday his club had made a bid for Bulgarian international Berbatov and that he expects the deal to go through.
Levy responded by issuing the following statement on his club's official website: "Today's public comments by Manchester United's manager, announcing that he has made an offer for Dimitar and is confident that the deal will go through with time working in their favour, is a blatant example of sheer arrogance and interference with one of our players.
"It is also probably one of the worst offences by any manager in the Premier League to date and is unbelievably hypocritical given his recent comments in respect of Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid.
"This comes after a series of events, dating back to last summer, which have shown Manchester United to be in breach of Premier League rules.
"As a result, we have today made an official complaint to the Premier League about the conduct of Manchester United.
United have issued a brief response to Tottenham's claims. A spokesman said: "We are aware of the allegation and will co-operate with the Premier League as necessary."