Premier League champions Manchester United to go goalkeeper hunting in summer 2011
Manchester United finished the 2010-11 Premier League season with their 19th League title. It is no secret that the Red Devils were not at their best throughout the season.
However, it really is a testimony to the team that still they managed to win the title. It was also due to lack of performance from other teams like http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429, both of whom had spells in the season which saw them drop significant points.
The summer transfer window may see a number of changes at Old Trafford. They may not be dramatic but will be important. One area that Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson will definitely be focused on will be the goalkeeping department.
Edwin van der Sar has bid farewell to the club and will play his final game on Saturday in the Champions League final against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604. He will leave behind a big void that may harm United if a proper replacement is not found. The number two goalkeeper
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Tomasz-Kuszczak-c35329 has so far shown that he has the ability to stand in for the Dutchman but he certainly is not the replacement that United are looking for.
One man linked with a move to Old Trafford is Schalke 04 shot stopper http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Manuel-Neuer-c23424. The tall goalkeeper impressed everyone in the first leg of United’s Champions League semi-final in Germany.
Sir http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 and is more likely to go to Bayern
Munich next season.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011 if given the right
opportunity.
Another man in the list is the 29-year-old Dutchman http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Maarten-Stekelenburg-c22998. There are a number of similarities between him and Edwin van der Sar. Both are Dutch and made their name at Ajax. The Dutch international is held in the highest regard in Netherlands
and often compared to his idol van der Sar. Stekelenburg also played in the FIFA 2010 World Cup for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Netherlands-c753 and went all the way to the final. The scouts at Manchester United are keeping a close eye on him, and generally it is much easy to get players
from the Dutch League to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749 as they are looking to make the step up.
No official bid has been made by United so far on any of those candidates, but Ferguson will waste little time before making his move as soon as the transfer window opens in the summer.
Replacing Edwin van der Sar will be tough for anyone who comes at Old Trafford, but Ferguson is determined not to make a wrong call as he did when he tried to replace Peter Schmeichel.
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