United release two keepers

MANCHESTER UNITED manager Alex Ferguson will make signing a new goalkeeper a priority this summer after Roy Carroll and Ricardo were both released yesterday.

While the decision to allow Ricardo to leave was expected, Carroll’s exit came as a surprise.

The 27-year-old Northern Ireland international looked set to put pen-to-paper on a new long-term deal. However, Ferguson is understood to have become irritated at the length of the negotiations, not to mention the haggling, and has shown Carroll the door.