Tottenham manager Martin Jol is "100 per cent convinced" Dimitar Berbatov will remain at White Hart Lane.
Berbatov's agent Emil Dantchev has claimed he is due to have talks with the Spurs hierarchy later this week about renewed interest from Manchester United.
United have denied making a bid for the Bulgaria international, although Alex Ferguson is a known admirer and did make one tentative inquiry for the 26-year-old early in the summer.
Berbatov could only have impressed Ferguson even more on Sunday with his performance in Tottenham's unlucky 1-0 defeat at Old Trafford.
But Jol remains determined to keep the former Bayer Leverkusen star, who scored 23 times in his debut campaign with the north London club, and is optimistic he will succeed.
"I said on Friday that I would rather die than sell Berbatov," said Jol. "Hopefully, I won't die. I am 100 per cent convinced he will stay at the club."
Although Tottenham are now just one place off the drop zone having suffered their third defeat in four outings this term, Jol appears in bullish mood.
Having received assurances from chairman Daniel Levy his job is safe for the remainder of the campaign, the highly-regarded Dutch coach is now keen to be left alone to get on with it.
Not even confirmation that Levy was part of a Spurs deputation which headed to Spain for a meeting with reported managerial candidate Juande Ramos could darken Jol's mood, although he did react to news of it with more than a hint of sarcasm.
"It is always handy that everyone is there if you want to see a club structure and how a club works," he said, referring to the reasons given by the Tottenham board as to why vice-chairman Paul Kemsley and club secretary John Alexander spoke to the Sevilla coach in the first place.
"The close watchers know where we have come from, in terms of last year, the year before and the year before that," he added.
"We have finished fifth twice. When you look at the Evertons and the Newcastles of this world I felt we were fine.
"Of course, there is always a next step. Other clubs like Arsenal and Chelsea will have a say in that.
"All the people who have seen me over the last three years know me. They can make a judgement. Let me get on with the job and we will be fine."
