Manchester United chief David Gill insists they're happy with the contract situation of Dimitar Berbatov.
Even though United have the option to extend it by another year, the club's relaxed attitude to the situation and manager Sir Alex Ferguson's decision to leave him out of his squad for the Champions League Final in May, has placed a question mark over whether the English champions will exercise that option.
"He's not in the final year of his contract. People keep telling me that but there is an option to extend Dimitar's contract by another year, on the club's side.
"We can do it whenever we want to do it. There are no conditions around it. Everyone has been talking about Berbatov from the outside, saying he wants to leave or that we want him to leave, but we don't want him to go. We want him to stay.
"He scored over 20 goals last season, so there is no desire on our behalf to see him go. From our perspective he has, effectively, two years to go.
"There's no point in extending that option. We have until the end of the season, so we can assess how it goes, talk to him, see how he performs and see what happens.
"I've not had one conversation with Dimitar (about his future). There has been no correspondence in that respect.
"The decision Alex took was a decision he took for that particular game. It wasn't a decision taken with a view that we want Dimitar to go, because we don't."
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