Van der Sar’s United mission

EDWIN VAN DER SAR is hoping he can finally end Alex Ferguson’s search for a worthy successor to Peter Schmeichel at Manchester United.

Van der Sar, currently on international duty with Holland in Finland, has agreed a two-year deal with United which he will sign, subject to a medical, when he returns from Helsinki.

Ferguson has tried a succession of keepers since Schmeichel’s glorious reign at Old Trafford but none of them have come close to measuring up to the great Dane.