Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is not preparing a complaint against Manchester United, after Dimitar Berbatov completed his long awaited move to Old Trafford last night.
Levy had previously said he had reported the Red Devils to the Premier League for their supposed "tapping up" of the player and was clearly angry with the way Sir Alex Ferguson had gone about trying to sign Berbatov.
"It is probably one of the worst offenses by any manager in the Premier League to date" Levy was quoted as saying at the time.
"The 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,"
"As a result, we have made an official complaint to the Premier League about the conduct of Manchester United."
And after United spoke to Berbatov yesterday - despite not being given permission to do so by Tottenham - it seemed almost certain that Levy would be continuing with his complaints against them.
However, Levy seems to have had a change of mind, with many people believing it had something to do with Fraizer Campbell joining Spurs on a season long loan from the English champions as part of the deal, as well as United meeting the Lillywhites original valuation of the player.
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It would, I think, be blindingly obvious to adults that by this late stage Levy had no alternative but to take the money and run; this should not be seen as a withdrawal of clearly genuine feelings of annoyance at Man U’s arrogance, or of condoning their behaviour. Spurs were shafted as the weak always are by the strong in a society built on money not justice; it is merely ironic that Man U were forced to up their bid at the last minute because a new shark came nosing round the side of the reef. And yes, I know, that there are smaller fish in the sea and that Levy eats them too. The whole thing smells very badly.