Premier League - Van der Sar out for eight weeks

Eurosport - Wed, 05 Aug 15:11:00 2009

Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar is expected to be sidelined for eight weeks after undergoing surgery on a broken finger and bone in his left hand.

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The 38-year-old Dutchman sustained the injury saving a penalty from Danijel Pranjic in the Red Devils' 7-6 shoot-out defeat to Bayern Munich in the pre-season Audi Cup in Germany.

Van der Sar is not expected to be back in Sir Alex Ferguson's plans until late September, meaning the Scot will have to turn to either Ben Foster or Tomasz Kuszczak between the posts for the start of the new season.

The Dutchman could miss up to 12 matches and is unlikely to return before August 29 at the earliest.

United manager Sir Alex Ferguson last month backed Foster, 26, to eventually establish himself as England's first-choice goalkeeper.

The 26-year-old has kept four clean sheets in 10 appearances for the club following his move from Stoke City in July 2005 and has long been touted as Van der Sar's eventual replacement.

Kuszczak, meanwhile, has played 37 times for the club since his move from West Brom in the summer of 2006.

United face Chelsea in the Community Shield on Aug 9, before opening the defence of their Premier League title a week later against Birmingham.

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  1. Have you got the word ' bea *tiful ' in it ?

    From Stevie O Jay, on Thu 19 Nov 12:53AM

  2. Harry St. George # 567 - " Why do I keep getting­ "Invalid Comment" for a­ perfectly­ reasonable, non-abusive opinion ? "

    From Stevie O Jay, on Thu 19 Nov 12:52AM

  3. #90 Ronnie had ONE outstanding season , we won what we­ won last year despite him , not because of him, (­ excluding the Porto away goal he wasn't that­ outstanding)
    You will have to try better than that to­ convince any match going UNITED fan that we won't­ be top come May.

    From blattersbonkers, on Wed 5 Aug 5:27PM

  4. That means Van Der Sar will miss the clash for­ Arsenal.That's a good news for the visitors.

    From Tham, on Wed 5 Aug 5:20PM

  5. Timi O you profile picture has fabregas on it the mmost­ want away player ever you have lost adebayor and torre­ your 2nd an 3rd best players, an now senderos off, and­ u have brought a dc from holland who will be crucified­ by even the most average premier league strikers, man­ city will be finishing above you an your be lucky if­ toottenham dont as well, you must have started­ following football today this is only way to explain­ your stupidity

    From Jimmyrice man u are champs again, on Wed 5 Aug 5:05PM

  6. timi? timi!

    From pegez, on Wed 5 Aug 5:03PM

  7. Ronaldo and Tevez are gone, both will be missed but­­ there weren’t too many occasions when they were both­ on­ the pitch together anyway. Owen will get goals;­­ Valencia looks the business in pre-season. Couple that­­ with a greater team spirit without Ronaldo's­­ petulance and United will be the team to beat. As for­­ Liverpool, Alonso according to most Scousers on this­­ site is the best player in the world in his position.­­ If that's the case then he will be clearly missed­­ and impossible to replace. Gerrard The Coward and­­ Torres will suffer due to Alonso’s departure. Chelsea­­ will be a greater threat than Liverpool as they have­­ better players. Arsenal finished the season in­­ impressive form but can they sustain it throughout the­­ season. It's Manchester United to become the first­­ team to win nineteen and four in a row. Liverpool=YAWN­ ­ you ain’t winning nowt. And that's a FACT!

    From Mmmm000se, on Wed 5 Aug 4:54PM
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    Manchester Divided for Relegation!

    From Timi O, on Wed 5 Aug 4:12PM
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    Manchester Divided for Relegation!

    From Timi O, on Wed 5 Aug 4:12PM
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    Manchester Divided for Relegation!

    From Timi O, on Wed 5 Aug 4:11PM
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    Manchester Divided for Relegation!

    From Timi O, on Wed 5 Aug 4:11PM
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    comment 86 made me laugh out loud!
    Manchester Divided­ for Relegation!

    From Timi O, on Wed 5 Aug 4:11PM

  13. comment 90 shud also be reminded that on the CL final­ against chelsea, cr7 missed a penalty as well. so­ united didnt win cos terry sliped. But terry had d­ chance to play cos cr7 couldnt score his. United scored­ 1st in that match before chelsea equalised. soB4 u­ attract mre self pity to urself, get ur facts right.

    From Cj, on Wed 5 Aug 3:49PM

  14. comment 90 bet u are a liverfool fan. so u have not­ woken up from the agony of last season that you­ contested for all major trophies and won none. U are­ still not ashamed of yourself to make comment on this­ forum. Can someone remind this fool that EPL is not­ played by 4 clubs alone but by 20 clubs. Moreso.­ liverfool finished by 4 good poins behind d champions.­ Get that into ur thick head

    From Cj, on Wed 5 Aug 3:43PM

  15. Foster was at Watford on loan - he was signed from­ Stoke

    From bob.jones25, on Wed 5 Aug 3:28PM
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    HAS ANYBODY TOLD FERGIE THAT HE'S SOLD THE PLAYER­­ WHO HAS ALMOST SINGLE HANDED WON THE LEAGUES FOR MAN U­­ FOR THE LAST FEW SEASONS (CR7), AND THE PLAYER THAT­­ SCORED CRUCIAL GOALS TO BRING THEM BACK INTO­ CONTENTION­ IN THE 2008/09 SEASON?
    WHICH TEAM FINISHED­ THE LAST­ CAMPAIN THE STRONGER AND TOOK MORE POINTS­ FROM THE TOP­ 4 DESPITE BEING WITHOUT GERRARD AND­ TORRES FOR­ SIGNIFICANT PERIODS. YES ALONSO HAS GONE,­ BUT JOHNSON­ IS A SIGNIFICANT SIGNING A WILL MORE THAN­ ADD TO­ ALONSO'S GOAL TALLY LAST YEAR. WITH £30M TO­ SPEND­ ALONSO'S QUALITIES SHOULD BE MATCHED AND­ BETTERED­ (ONLY SCORED 4 GOALS LAST SEASON).
    AS FOR­ NOT­ DESERVING TO WIN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, I SEEM TO­ REMEMBER A­ CERTAIN FINAL WHERE CHELSEA PLAYED MAN U­ OFF THE PARK­ AND LOST IN THE MOST FARCICAL FASHION­ EVER (TERRY'S­ SLIP).
    THE LEAGUE WILL AGAIN BE­ BETWEEN THE BIG 4'­ AND THE TEAM THAT WINS IT WILL­ NEED THE 'RUB OF THE­ GREEN' BUT PLEASE LET IT­ BE WON ON THE PITCH AND­ NOT BY MINDLESS MIND GAMES.
    PS­ DID SAF MAKE HIS COMMENT BEFORE HE HEARD THAT VAN DER­ SAR IS OUT FOR A FEW MONTHS AND THAT­ THE FA ARE GOING­ TO PENALISE TEAM WHOSE MANAGERS THAT­ CRITICISE­ REFEREES BEFORE GAMES?

    From Peter L, on Wed 5 Aug 3:24PM

  17. jhr881 lucky u think theres more to life than football­ given u follow loserfool, ud be found swinging long­ ago. LMAO

    From jacksie987, on Wed 5 Aug 3:23PM

  18. why are liverpool fans such @#$%s?

    From Sid, on Wed 5 Aug 3:13PM

  19. Foster at stoke dont u mean Watford u plank

    From martina, on Wed 5 Aug 3:04PM

  20. Owen next......

    From powellm, on Wed 5 Aug 3:04PM
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