![]() ![]() Van der Sar went 1,310 minutes without conceding a goal (21 hours and 50 minutes) during his 14-match run of clean sheets.įrom the start of 2005/06 (when he joined Man Utd) until now, Van der Sar has the best save percentage of any goalkeeper to have played 100+ Premier League matches (76 per cent). Only one goalkeeper has won more Premier League titles than Van de Sar's four, Peter Schmeichel lifting the trophy five times. He's unflappable." - Sir Alex Ferguson Did you know? Edwin sails through life without any changes in it. He's an example to anyone who wants to become a goalkeeper. "A magnificent person, professional goalkeeper, an absolutely marvellous career he's had. But one thing Edwin had more than any 'keeper I ever played with was calmness and composure." - Rio Ferdinand "Edwin what's needed to be a great 'keeper - shot-stopping, presence, authority, organiser, good feet, mental strength, agility, there are more. He then finished his top-flight career with his fourth Premier League title aged 40, in 2010/11. In the third of those title-winning campaigns, he kept a clean sheet in 14 successive Premier League matches between November 2008 and February 2009, which remains a competition record, and won the Golden Glove with 21 shutouts. He won the title four times in his six seasons at Old Trafford, including three successive triumphs in 2006/07, 2007//09. Van der Sar then signed for Manchester United in 2005 and would go on to enjoy one of the most successful spells of any goalkeeper in the competition's history. The Netherlands goalkeeper shocked the world by joining Premier League debutants Fulham from Italian giants Juventus in 2001, but if there were any doubts about his ability at the age of 30, he was quick to dispel them with four outstanding seasons at Craven Cottage. ![]() Fans had their say by voting up until 21:00 BST on Sunday 3 April. The six players with the most combined votes from the fans and a Premier League Awards panel will enter the Hall of Fame. ![]() We know where we are and improve.We are looking at the 25 nominees who have been shortlisted for the Premier League Hall of Fame in 2022. If you see something is wrong, you say why, too. “Yes, I think perhaps the honesty is ” the marketing director reflects. At the core has been that brutal Dutch honesty which Van Gaal taught some of this executive team, right back at the start. De Boer’s squad has defeated Manchester City, Manchester United and Barcelona in the past few years. We want to have the best young team in Europe.”Ījax have demonstrated that a cut of a £1bn TV deal is not a prerequisite of success. So we have to make sure there are even quicker and stronger and better players for the first team than maybe three, four or five years ago. “We accept that in one way now, if you are 27, 28 and still playing for Ajax you are probably not good enough for the top of Europe because players want to go to the top in Europe. Frank de Boer and I left here when we were 28 but now you see players leave when they are 22, 23, 24. “There has been an amazing spin-off for England, Spain and now Germany. “With the financial situation and television deals, it’s been much more difficult for Dutch clubs to make a difference,” Van der Sar reflects. At Ajax, we thought we needed more from that than selling a seat and making five grand.” In Edwin Van der Sars testimonial last night his Dream Team beat Ajax 2-1, with Louis Saha and Dennis Bergkamp scoring. In the old days you sold something and you would be happy. Following Paul Scholes return from retirement and Manchester Uniteds issues settling in a new number one goalkeeper, Edwin Van der Sar has revealed p VIDEO: VDS Dream Team 2-1 Ajax. “But I’m not the marketing director who only wants 25 per cent a year on the revenues. “Of course, I’ve never had the experience of 10 years at Unilever and five years at Coca Cola,” Van der Sar says. Van der Sar’s masters degree in football administration at the University of Amsterdam, completed after he stepped away from Manchester United three years ago, has propelled him alongside Marc Overmars (director of football), Wim Jonk (academy director), Dennis Bergkamp (assistant manager) and manager Frank de Boer – an executive dream team if ever there was one. But the 43-year-old’s bigger preoccupation is his part in a remarkable experiment at Ajax – where the executive board is densely populated with the footballers who delivered Ajax to greatness in the side’s incredible mid-1990s under Van Gaal. Van Gaal’s bluntness – Amsterdaamer bluf, as Daley Bind recently described it – is something Van der Sar will go on to say that the English will just have to adapt to, because there are substantial benefits. ![]()
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