Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar is reportedly looking to earn a contract extension that would keep him at Old Trafford for another year.
The veteran shot-stopper put pen-to-paper on a one-year deal during the summer, and The Mirror claims that there is a clause in his contract that allows him to remain for another season if he should make 30 appearances this season.
It has been reported that the former Ajax man is now keen on reaching the threshold and securing his future at the club, and is thought to be looking to do so by making appearances on the European stage.
However, it is believed that manager Sir Alex Ferguson is pondering over giving his deputy Tomasz Kuszczak a run out during the group stage of the Champions League.
Van der Sar turns 40 at the end of October.

Manchester United midfielder Ryan Giggs has blasted the youth in the Premier League claiming that they will never be as good as many of his generation because they are too pampered.

The 36 year old went on to say that it is unlikely these young players will beat his records because of the way they are treated.

Giggs has been playing at Manchester United since the early 1990?s and has 23 medals to his name. While he admits that he has earned good money in his career he admits that it was nothing like today’s wages.

The Manchester United legend went on to say that he originally earned just £30 playing in the first team as an apprenticeship wage and that only started going up slowly after he had proved himself. Giggs added that nowadays Premier League youngsters get offered big money contracts before they have done anything for the club.

While he said some players handle the money well, he also stated that other players let it get to their heads.

Not content with being one of the fastest men on the planet – with the medals and records to prove it – Usain Bolt wants to take on a second sport. And he already had the team he wants to play for picked out.

The Jamaican sprinter played soccer in high school, mainly as a defender, but now at the age of 24 he wants to get back into the sport seriously. And, no kidding, he wants to play for the legendary Manchester United.

In his newly released autobiography Bolt writes “Ideally, if I was to play football (soccer) , I’d sign for my favorite team — Manchester United. People say it’s not realistic but nobody has seen me play so you never know. If Alex Ferguson [the Manchester United manager] saw me in one of those charity matches he might think I could replace Ryan Giggs.”