The agent of Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov has dismissed reports linking his client with a move to Italy to join Juventus.

The 30-year-old Bulgaria international started the new season in fine form, but has suffered a dip since a superb hat-trick against Liverpool in mid-September.

However, agent Emil Dantchev confirmed:"There's nothing to say. He will stay in Manchester.

"All the reports of a move are nothing, they are false. He's happy and the club are happy."

Meanwhile, United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has shouldered some of the blame for Berbatov's two-month dry spell in front of goal.

He told the Manchester Evening News:"In fairness to Dimitar, we have been changing the strikers quite a lot recently. I think I have to accept the responsibility for changing it too much.

"Now we are going to have to be looking at getting consistency of performance.

"We have a lot of good young strike options who have played in a lot of games recently, but hopefully we can get Wayne (Rooney) back to his best and Dimitar is suited to playing with Wayne."Subscribe to Football FanCast News Headlines by Email