In Edwin Van der Sar’s testimonial last night his Dream Team beat Ajax 2-1, with Louis Saha and Dennis Bergkamp scoring. Dream Team: Edwin Van Der Sar, Giovanni Van Bronckhorst, Gary Neville, Andre Ooijer, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Phillip Cocu, Michael Carrick, Ryan Giggs, Rafael Van Der Vaart, Boudewij Zenden, Dirk Kuyt, Dennis Bergkamp, Alessandro [...]

In the programme notes for tomorrow’s game against Blackpool, Sir Alex Ferguson claims that Edwin Van der Sar came to speak to him last night about the possibility of changing his mind on retirement. “Edwin decided he wants to go out at the top, though he did have a wobble last week,” said Ferguson. “He [...]

Edwin Van der Sar has revealed he won’t be returning to Ajax when he retires, but instead will have a role created for him at Manchester United. “I’m not going back to Amsterdam, though it would be very comfortable there with Frank de Boer, Danny Blind and Dennis Bergkamp,” said Van der Sar of his [...]

For large chunks of the second half of yesterday’s 2-0 win over Arsenal in the FA Cup, Manchester United fans repeatedly sung about Edwin Van der Sar. First his name was chanted, then “Fergie, sign him up!” followed by “one more year”, urging the great goalie, who was named Man of the Match yesterday, to [...]

Congratulations to Edwin Van der Sar who is currently the highest ranked goalie in Europe. Castrol Rankings is the world’s first rankings based on the actual performance of every football player across Europe’s top five leagues. With a few weeks remaining, Van der Sar currently has a higher average performance than all the top keepers [...]

After confirming he will be retiring at the end of the season, Edwin Van der Sar has reflected back on his brilliant career, singling out his penalty save against Chelsea’s Nicolas Anelka, which won United the European Cup, as the best moment. “That save in Moscow is a nice moment to look back on,” said [...]

August 31st 2010, Edwin Van der Sar: “I don’t worry about when that day arrives. I am now exceeding my own expectations so it doesn’t bother me. When I was younger I thought maybe I would finish in my mid-30s. But that is a normal time to be thinking about it when you are younger [...]

Do you remember the days whenever the opposition got in to our half, you felt nervous? I’m not talking about that long ago. The 2004-2005 season was probably when it was at its worse. Our midfield was easily bypassed, with Kieran Richardson, Alan Smith and Darren Fletcher not up to the job, but our defence [...]

Edwin Van der Sar, who turns 40-years-old in October, has responded to questions about his retirement. “I have been hearing these questions for the last three or four years,” said Edwin. “Sometimes you surprise yourself also. It is a great club to be at. You play in the Premier League, the Champions League, you have [...]