Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov

Bayer Leverkusen rule out January move for Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov in the Bulgarian is not a transfer target for his former side this month to the player's agent also states the forward will not be leaving Old Trafford for the Bundesliga.

The Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov is not a transfer target for former side Bayer Leverkusen, according to one of the German club’s executives to a despite being United's top scorer last term with 20 league goals for the former Bulgarian international has struggled to hold down a regular spot in Sir Alex Ferguson's first-team this season, seemingly falling behind Wayne Rooney, Javier Hernandez and Danny Welbeck in the attacking pecking order.

A Berbatov has been heavily linked with a move back to the club he joined Tottenham from in 2006, but there is no truth in the reports according to Wolfgang Holzhauser, a club official to have been reading that Dimitar would have flown over to Frankfurt and that we would be in for him there to negotiate a transfer was interesting news to me, Holzhauser told Express in "I am clearly out to never say never, but this is nothing we are looking forward to at this point in time.

“Usually I don't comment on speculation from the press to can say whatever they want," Danchev told Sovetski Sport to the only thing that I can say is that at this moment the eventual transfer of Berbatov to another club is not on the agenda."

Werder Bremen's German International Defender Per Mertesacker Is Set To Undergo A Medical At Arsenal And Mertesacker Is 6ft 6in And Has 75 Caps For Germany

Per Mertesacker Fact for a Born in 29 Sep 1984 Hannover, Height is a 6ft 6in, Previous clubs TSV Pattensen (1988-1995); Hannover 96 (1995-2006); Werder Bremen (2006- ) and the Germany caps no. 75 and the Mertesacker is in the last year of his contract at Bremen and the club will not take part in a Champions League or Europa League this season.

The 26-year-old centre-back is captain for the Bundesliga side and although he is on international duty has been allowed to travel to London and arsenal's pursuit of the Mertesacker is 6ft 6in and has 75 caps for Germany could end their interest in Bolton defender Gary Cahill and the Gunners are set to a sign Brazilian left-back Andre Santos.

The move by Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger to bolster his defence comes after they were hammered 8-2 by Manchester United in a Premier League on Sunday and have also recently sold left-back Gael Clichy to Manchester City and right back Emmanuel Eboue to Turkish club Galatasary on Tuesday Armand Traore joined Queens Park Rangers.

They have also recently sold left-back Gael Clichy to Manchester Cit, and right back Emmanuel Eboue to a Turkish club Galatasary on Tuesday Armand Traore joined Queens Park Rangers and the centre back Thomas Vermaelen was injured for the trip to the Old Trafford and missed most of last season with an Achilles tendon injury.