Edwin Van der Sar has revealed in the Dutch press that Manchester United have decided on his replacement, but it’s not Schalke’s Manuel Neuer.
“United have made their decision,” he said. “It’s not Neuer, but I can’t say any more than that.”
Peter Schmeichel has claimed that Bayern Munich-bound Neuer is the best keeper in the world though.
“He is probably the best goalkeeper in the world,” he said. “He is 25 years of age but he’s very mature in the way he plays. He doesn’t make mistakes – I haven’t seen him make a single mistake – and the way he played yesterday, he wasn’t lucky in the way that he saved the shots and one-on-ones, it was very calculated. I just thought his overall game was fantastic and absolutely well-suited for Manchester United.”
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If he said it to the dutch press, it has to stekelenburg? He’s my choice anyway
Allan MacGregor?! Anyone. No…De Gea certainly but he’s surely too young to lead this team.
Cant see past Da Gea in terms of SAF going out to watch him and vesting a lot of time in him. Neuer is a great keep though and would be an ideal replacement for Edwin.
what ever bayern offer shalke we should chuck 10m on top
what we will win with him is worth more than 10m easy
fergie fergie sign him up
Is Andy Goram coming out of retirement again?
Hmm I wonder why this isnt all over the news.
A bit disappoining if true, because I think Neuer is the best replacement for VDS
by a country mile.
Not based on his performance against us, but what I have seen of him over time and other
potential candidates over time and who fits best in a physical league like PL.
its goin to be either Stekelenberg or De Gea..
Ther is no way we can steal Neuer from Bayern.
One thing we have seen time and again though is that Fergie only wants to sign players who want to play for United. Neuer, despite being easily the best keeper on the market right now, has talked again and again of his desire to stay in Germany and how he doesn’t want to move to the Premier League.
Fergie will not even bid for him unless he knew he wanted to play for us.
David De Gea and Maarten Stekelenburg are the two top candidates right now. I don’t buy into the stories of us being interested in these Portugal no-marks.
hmm maybe thats VDS hinting at another year
It must be De Gea, because their president has already said that United made an offer and it seems likely because Fergie has scouted him 2 times according to the press and sent his brother there to scout him once again. I actually think that Neuer would be the ideal choice for us, without underestimating De Gea because I havent seen that much from him, but Neuer has already plenty of experience and seems more mature. De Gea has now his second season and seems to be talented, but the lad is only 20 and according to Guillem Balague it’s only his signature that is missing to complete the deal, which could be a sign that he feels that he’s not ready for a different country. Read that he is a shy guy who doesn’t like much attention. The task to replace such a fantastic keeper like Van der Sar at such a big club like United will attract plenty attention and I’m not that optimistic that it’s the best idea to hand so much responsibility to such a young lad. He would also cost as much as Neuer … so I can’t understand why United, according to Neuer, didn’t even try to sign him …
“its goin to be either Stekelenberg or De Gea”
Yep. Will be interesting. Lots of young keepers don’t live upto their potential (and those world class ones that did, like Buffon and Casillas stayed close to home) and Stekelenberg would be the safe choice but De Gea does have bags of potential. Does he play it safe? 20 is very young for a GK.
Pity it can’t be Lloris, but I would be happiest with Akinfeev or De Gea
I dont think it’s DeGea either…if he keeps talking about being unsure of making the big move, can you see Fergie hiring him? I would doubt his appetitie for the big time, it takes a big heart to wear the Red shirt and thrive under that pressure, and if DeGea isnt hungry enough it doesnt sound like he is IT.
The return of Massimo Taibi.
Sounds like we’ll know who our new goalie will be by June.
neuer has agreed to a deal with bayern,that was his choice,he doesn’t want to leave germany,everyone knew this over two months ago so i don’t know why people keep talking about him still coming to utd,he doesn’t want to play for us.its nothing to do with money,schalke would rather sell him to any other club than bayern,so fuck him and lets move on
costas.
flappinsky or hillarious for me…………
What about Rene Adler. He is a massive Man Utd fan if I remember correctly, plus his hero was Peter Schmeicel. Also I think he has some form of release clause which only applies to Man Utd.
Guys,
I dont know what peoples problem with De Gea is. I dont think many of you realise how good he actually is and so young. He can be there for years. I watch him week in week out here in Spain and he is truly great.
Jim Leighton anyone!
A reprive for Bosnich you say?
De gea or akinfeev would be nice…
Kevin Pilkington finally gets his long awaited chance of a run of games.
he cancelled his retirement i wish
As much as I consider the Guardian to be a shit paper, they made the most important point about what it takes to be a United goalkeeper. It means you are going to be picking the ball from the ad hoardings behind you and taking goal kicks for the most part. However, when called upon, you should be able to produce saves like the one VDS produced against Rodwell last week. You have to be on your toes at all points of time and be sharp and alert even though you are doing anything most of the time.
That is the most important quality for United’s goalkeeper.
Neuer has already said United is not for him. De Gea has said something similar though not the same. So far, Maarten Stekelenberg seems like the obvious choice to me.
Id stick Sheasey in.
Everyone says about steklenberg, de gea and neuer. I don’t understand why it can’t be akinfeew
muslera anyone?
Jussi Jääskeläinen?
Got to be Stekelenberg…..dont fancy that De Gea
*akinfeev
lindegaard!!
I read recently that one on the main reasons we didnt sign VDS after Schmeichel retired is because we still had Raimond van der Gouw and it wouldve caused way too much confusion.
Oh, shut up about Neuer. He doesn’t want to play for United. End off. It’s De Gea, or the Dutch lad. Maybe Adler as a dark horse. Who knows?
Didn’t Stekelenburg hint on a move to Arse a while back? Or perhaps that was just media speculating,,,
“muslera anyone?”
Looked pretty dodgy from what I’ve seen (mostly for Uruguay). Would rather have Given (and I dread shorty coming to United).
Has Akinfeev lived up to his early potential? Haven’t seen much of him.
The ITK guy? would that be a surprise.hehe.
Stekelenburg would be a very good option in my opinion.
I think it will be Buffon.He has all the experience and is very good . The only weakness is that these days he is injury prone.
VDS is giving us a surprise!!
He is going to stay for two more years!! :p:)
Bring back Howard or go for given
I’d say more than likely it will be Stekelenburg. VDS had a say in who we signed and I’m guessing he worked pretty close to the guy when in the Dutch squad.
Being number 1 for Holland when they reached the Final, is pretty impressive.
Peter Shilton!!!!!!!
Ruby Wax!! with that fucking mouth, nothing will get through ha ha.
Adler is also a choice…usually Sir Alex keeps his cards close to his chest…De Gea has been too obvious…Adler has just slipped under the radar, so as a contrarian choice, it could be him!
What about Lindegaard and PIG(Kuscazk) ?
What about Lloris?
Kuczszak will obviously leave the club. really like the lad and hope the best for him.
I think it will be Stekelenburg.
no rumours around him and United a while now.
“captaink9 says:
What about Lindegaard and PIG(Kuscazk) ?”
I fear none of ‘em is good enough as1st choice keeper. Lindegaard needs more time to prove himself perhaps, but I’m always a bit nervous when we have PIG between the sticks. His communication with the defenders aren’t as good as VDS.
anything will be better then Taibi & Carroll … even sheasy
)
to be honest, I DO NOT KNOW in terms of GK – I thought we might be after Neuer, which is def. over for now, but I was´t sure even bout him.
considering the possible keepers, any from the Steckelenburg / de Gea pair seems ok, but none is near to EVDS … but there is NOT as a good keeper (overall qualities) as Edwin, in the world – simple as that
COME ON UNITED!!!
It’s Rene Higuita, master of the Scorpion save!
de gea – too young
stekkelenburg – dont rate him that high
neuer – would be a good replacement
adler – has got problem with injuries in the past
conclusion:nobody can replace vds
ONE MORE YEAR!!!!!!
there is a brilliant goalkeeper in Udinese, Samir Handanovič,
You guyz should google him, his young, a team leader,…. one of the best in Europe,
He played in the WC2010 in Africa for Slovenia, had i clean sheet for TWO months in Seria A,
And concedeD just 3 goals in the last qualifications for the world cup….
SAF sing him up, before Jutentus does….
Its Van Der Sar for me…
Interesting. I can’t help but think it won’t b De Gea – he’s only 21 and going to be under huge pressure I don’t think they’d really want to take the risk. Stekelenburg seems like a good bet.
I can guarantee what he means by that is sir Alex has persuaded him to stay another year
i said along time ago buffon,utd have been linked with him for years,i don’t know about his injuries but it wouldn’t surprise me
It’s gotta be Lehmann right?
gotta be massimo taibi for sho!
whatfuckingwhat10
I googled that guy and found this, lol
http://img.skysports.com/10/06/218×298/SamirHandanovic_2467365.jpg
Omg. I know it, its him. VDS signs one more year, i knew miracles happen.
i actually want buffon to join us it its possible
he might be out of shape for a year or so.. but we can handle him! and make him again one of the best in the world
Either stekelenburg, De Gea or VDS hiumself. i’m fine with any of them. they are all fundamentally sound goalkeepers and can all do well at United.
we’re gonna get buffon…. VDS also joined us when he was 35… gigi is 34 and i think still the best
Manuel doesn’t want to go out of Germany and that’s a fact…this de gea kid is more than good I tell yu
Wishful thinking but i hope it’s Akinfeev.
Sir Alex has already done his homework and we all know he is never deficient of pulling up surprises.Its gonna be Ben Amos manning the post with Luke chadwick to bolster the wings.
I think its Massimo Taibi
Rene Mulensteen came out a couple of months ago saying United’s main target was Stekelenberg so I wouldn’t be surprised if it was him
Forget Akinfeev. We won’t be picking a 6’1″ keeper, 6’3″ is the minimum in my view.
whatfuckingwhat10 @ 12:48: “there is a brilliant goalkeeper in Udinese, Samir Handanovič”
A real dark-horse who ticks ALL the boxes.
You tease VDS, but I’m guessing and hoping it is Dave Beasant!
Begovic from Stoke been impressive this year……..young with a season Prem experience behind him
I cannot understand this fascination with Buffon, he’s old and he’s injury prone – I’m not just talking about the mention of his name on this particular thread, I have seen it being mentioned in other threads where people are talking him up as a replacement. 12 years ago, I would have said yes maybe, but let’s be realistic guys, he’s not the answer to our solution.
Sorry…I meant to say ‘Problem’, not ‘Solution’
nmostonred @ 15:16: “Begovic from Stoke been impressive this year……..young with a season Prem experience behind him”
And, let’s not forget that he comes from Toronto.
I have a sneaky feeling that VDS might sign for another year. Did you see the interview he did with Geoff Shreeves? He had to avoid the question about his future, which is different to before when he openly talked about going into a business role.
Another year from VDS, and then sign De Gea next year after another years experience at top level football.
We must hope!
If we really pushed the boat out we could snatch Jensen Lehmann from Arsenal! Lol.
I haven’t seen a lot of the guys that are being talked about here, but I wouldn’t rule out de Gea simply because of his age. People say the same thing about defenders needing to mature too, but there’s nothing wrong with the da Silvas or Chris Smalling. GNev also became a regular first-teamer when he was only 19 or 20. Ability is more important than age (though as I said, I haven’t seen a lot of de Gea, so I can’t comment on his ability).
De Gea has everything but does lack experience. VDS is his idol and he apparently styles himself on Edwin. He doesn’t speak that much English, if any. There was rumours, that Eric Steele was learning Spanish. Another year for Edwin, then maybe De Gea will be ready.
Its going to David De Gea.
Van der sar pls sign a yr contract n fergie shld sign De Gea to b d vice for a year to adapt to English football to keep off d pressure on d him.Pls VDS!
Van der sar pls sign a yr contract n fergie shld sign De Gea to b d vice for a year to adapt to English football to keep off d pressure on him.Pls VDS!…Up United!
Edwin you tease!
It’s surely De Gaylord, but I thought this mofo didn’t want to leave his home in Madrid. I’m not one of these “transfer muppets” as they say on RedCafe, but it’s always exciting to see new faces at United.
I’ll miss Edwin though – what a player he has been for us. Easily one of Fergie’s greatest signings, a real fucking bargain that was.
I remember how relieved I was when I saw the breaking news that we’d signed him on Sky Sports News. We’d been pissing around with those clowns Howard and Carroll for too long. You don’t fuck around when it comes to the goalkeeper position, get a fucking top drawer keeper and and it’s one less thing you have to worry about.
“Steady Eddie”, “Van the Man”, “Van der Star” – whatever you wanna call him, he’s the safest pair of hands in all the fucking land. Top fucking player and true LEGEND of football.
One more year.
Sky Sports reporter: Is this your last year for sure?
VdS: Next question.
How nobody have a thought for Lloris? He’s french international. He plays champions league football. He the best lyon’s player for a while now. He is top top goalkeeper, with a nice left foot.
Im french and I saw him play with my country. He had already impressed me. And he was born in 86 that’s means he is 25 this year.
I also know he wants to leave lyon. And lyon need to sell some players this year. He ll not be cheap but not to expansive IMO
Kings says:
“Buffon…12 years ago, I would have said yes maybe,”
Picky, much?
I thought of Lloris. see my post above. He would be my first choice, then either Akinfeev or De gea
I just hope VDS stays for another year. At this moment, I dont see anyone deserve the spot. De Gea is too young and I dont feel he has enough gut to up to this job. I rarely watch Sketelenburg but he is never my choice anyway. I dont think he is good enough. At the moment, I can only see Neuer, but if we can’t get him, I do have high hope for Lindegaard
Just to get a few heads rolling… What about Pepe Reina.. also it has a reason why it cannot be revealed..
Age doesn’t matter that much. Cech was 22 when he was signed for Chelsea by Mourinho.
United wouldn’t be too far off with Howard in goal again. He’s top drawer, Howard is. No need to slag him.
I have it on good authority from my mate’s uncle’s girlfriend’s sister-in-law who says that she saw on facebook that the niece of the bloke who is married to the sister of the milkman of the guy who cuts the grass at White Hart Lane says that United have agreed to sign Heurelho Gomes following his spectacular display of goalkeeping prowess against the Virus. Just sayin’.
Jumping Jesus youre absolutely right hes first choice for me as well, world class keeper and world class lad. Are we just two to think about Lloris? I don’t know why, but I think it’s him. If VDS is not here next year, he will be the perfect replacement and he can take the pressure on him
You’re all full of shit everyone knows Rio’s is going to be our new keeper, Smalling will partner Vidic next season.
Manuel Neuer is the best keeper there is.A perfect replacement for the legendary VDS.Neuer reminds me of Peter Schmeichel the way he takes charge of the goal post.So fearless and big.
welcome home, timmy howard!
Howard is good, but top drawer? No way. Lloris is in that bracket of the very top keepers in the world though.
ahjs – Very much so mate. We don’t want a repeat of the post Schemichel fiasco, prior to the signing of VDS. I just don’t think he is the right man to replace VDS. If we want to sign someone who keeps on getting injured, we might as well buy Chris Kirkland.
Would love to see either Julio Cesar or Gigi Buffon. Both are great keepers and are experienced players. Proven keepers and have won it all with respective clubs. But we will probably sign Stenklenberg
I don’t care who it is, I’m just hoping we don’t see the circus that entailed after Schmeichel left us.
We Need To Replace Edwin With Experience !
1- Buffon
2- julio Cesar
3- Neuer
4-Stekelenberg
5- Akinfeev
6. Shay Given ???
7- Lastly De Gea Because hes too young
I like your choices Cuzzy. Both top keepers.
it is supposed to be de gea, with all the news about him buying a house in manchester and atletico telling him to sign or leave, but i still hope its lloris or neuer
Any choice made will be a good one.
lloris is not as good in real life as he is in football manager. maybe the new keeper is himself again?
Ray Clemence anyone?
Paul Cooper for me.
Kings – Hello mate. Was gonna say exactly the same thing. How good is Buffon these days? I aint convinced.
Also think that Lloris is to short. We have 3 keepers all 6’4″ or taller.
Kuz is 6’3″. Last 2 real failures were under 6’3″. The problem is that the prem has so many tall defenders and the game depends heavily on being able to defend crosses. The Shorter keepers just can’t manage as well.
Ha. Every time I have seen Lloris he has conceded about three fucking goals.
We cant keep relying on VDS,he will go one day and that worries me,he has been the best keeper since Peter the Great! whoever takes over will have to be special,very Special,only time will tell what happens,let hope some of the VDS magic rubs on the chosen one.
Go for the BFG.
vidic is titanium did you see play Lloris? He s really good. If Lyon beat real madrid last year it was because of him.
King Eric : of course he conceded goals but who will not with shit lyon and france?
No one is better than VDS but I think he can be a great one with experience. I think he is at least as good as Neuer
Don’t be surprise that Fergie chose to have VDS successor within the current crop of players…. Since VDS has narrowed the scope down, it’s hardly to say that surprise might not happen… Football is football, things always could and would happen… Just hope that VDS successor won’t choke under the pressure of playing between the sticks at Old Trafford behind ones’ the world’s best center halves.
it’s gonna be Neuer, i can feel it, all these bullshit stuff are media promotions, next we’re gonna be stronger and still eager to win more trophies
love u
if its not neuer.im sure it will be the same problem like before!if barthez who is a world cup winner found the job hard,cant see anyone replacing van der sar like composed neuer!
King Eric – Hello mate. In my opinion he has been poor for the last 5 years and he’s had his fair share of injuries as well, especially with his back.
Barthez had amazing reflexes. Lloris and Akinnev have the same. What they lack is the size to dominate in crossed ball situations because of their lack of height. They do fine in less physical leagues. The only question is how their skills will translate to the prem. Can you predict how a 6.’1″ keeper will do against the Stokes of the league. Same problem with McGreggor, fine in a league were the crossed ball is a rarity. Not a criticism of the lads, who are all really quality keepers. Just don’t think they will help us at United. The second feature is the quality of their distribution. Has to be top drawer.
Think we can have high hopes for Lindegarrd as well, but he is for the future. Anyone have stats on de Gae v Madrid and Barca? He will not be afraid of those sides because he will have phayed them more than any other prospect on the list.
THink we could go for a current prem keeper if we don’t get Steks, Buffon, or deGae. I’ll hold my peace o that as I don’t want to get crucified. Just saying.
lol willie..
BFG it should be! Nobody would get past him! haha.
Gutted Neuer doesn’t want to move abroad.. but then the press said that De Gea wasn’t too hot on a move abroad either so I’m confused.
Unless a deal has been done in Germany and this is all a smoke screen ?? lol… one can dream!
Sad though as it’s hard to think that a top young goalie would choose not to play for the best club in the world! Idiot!
My bet is that an agreement with De Gea has been made.. young he is but have you seen his displays for Athletico? Impressive!
We’ll probably buy someone shite as there’s no “value” in the market.
Don’t forget. BBC2 now at nine. Sir Bobby Charlton: Football Icon.
Quality programme so far. What a man. Absolute legend. You can just see how much Manchester United mean to him. Superb stuff. Great footage of sir matt as well.
Kings says:
“Very much so mate. We don’t want a repeat of the post Schemichel fiasco, prior to the signing of VDS. I just don’t think he is the right man to replace VDS. If we want to sign someone who keeps on getting injured, we might as well buy Chris Kirkland.”
Well, I wouldn’t pick Buffon now either. He’s not too old but he’s visibly in decline – I thought you were saying “maybe” to signing him 12 years ago.
paddy roche is where the smart moneys going
WillieRedNut @ 16:43: “Go for the BFG.”
Hiya Willie, assuming that “BFG” stands for BigFuckingGerman (not BIgFuckingGoof) then I’d suprise you and agree wholeheartedly. Neuer would be a ten or fifteen year investment in creating a strong foundation on which to build.
This is one of those transfers in which money is really no object – within reason. Let’s not forget those years-in-the-wilderness before Edwin was signed.
Plus, wouldn’t it be just wonderful, wonderful, wonderful to stick it up Bayern’s jacksie after their “hardball tactics” during the Hargreaves negotiations ? And, even if Neuer decided to stay in Germany, I’d still have the schadenfreudische delight of knowing that UTD have forced Bayern to pay an extra fifteen or twenty million Euros.
Don’t think Neuer was ever considered.
As anyone else noticed a German player has never played for United’s first team.
Maybe something to do with the WW2 bombing of OT?
Big friendly giant Denton!
ahjs – Is there an echo in here? Only kidding mate. Yeah as I said, 12 years ago after Schmeikes announced his retirement, him and VDS were the two stand out candidates to replace him. Fortunately we got VDS in the end, but there is no way I would want Buffon at United now.
apparantly it is skeetenberg according to a source on man utd talk back site
@denton davey
Spot on Davey from Toronto…………Chelski were interested around 18 months ago in him………..dont think he’ll be coming OT tho……..
Seems like i’m the first person to say this.
Fergie won’t buy another keeper, at least for now.
I think he’ll put faith in Kuszack (sp?) or Lindergaad (sp?)
It makes no sense to me to have bought Lindegaard if he is not the replacement for VDS.
We need an experienced keeper. DeGea is good in his age group but at 20 years old coming in to replace VDS would be a very big mistake. Should have bought DeGea for the number 2 keeper instead of Lindegaard. Stekelenburg would be a good choice. They want too much money for DeGea and Neuer. But what I’m reading out of Manchester, the 23 year old keeper from Portugal is now the front runner.
Don’t tell me the replacement is Anders Lindegaard…..
You guys are so naive. There’s only 1 keeper in the market who has set the world alight. And he’s not a million miles away. His name? All hail Manuel. Manuel Almunia that is.
I’d be happy if its Akinfeev, Julio Cesar, De Gea, Stekelenburg, Lloris or Rui Patricio – Neuer however would be first choice.
Well why did SAF buy Lindegaard if he is not as good as Kuczszak? I’m hearing Kuczszak is a better keeper. Why waste money buying Lindegaard?
Hey neur is diff to take him out frm bayerns deal as we knw we are their rivals so stekelenburg wil be perfect i think.
marcus horizon from indonesia,fergie…..sign him up !
IT IS A DONE DEAL FOR DAVID DE GEA
Just hope its not Manuel Almunia, can’t do worse than that!