Bus-ted: Anders Lindegaard over-slept and missed Man
United's team bus
Manchester United goalkeeper
Anders Lindegaard is facing a hefty fine after sleeping in
following their Champions League final after-party and missing the
club's return from London.
Staff at United's London hotel, The Landmark, had
scheduled post-match drinks and 'chill-out' rooms for the players
following their 3-1 defeat to Barcelona on Saturday
night.
The muted party, attended by around 300 people,
went on into the early hours but United's squad were up and ready
to leave the Marylebone Road hotel at noon on Sunday.
However, as they got on their coach ahead of the
short trip to Euston train station, club staff noticed Lindegaard
was missing from the group.
Instead of waiting for the Danish goalkeeper, an
unimpressed Sir Alex Ferguson told the bus to leave so they could
catch their scheduled return to Manchester at 1pm.
Team-mates tried to contact Lindegaard but it is
understood he didn't wake until around 2.30pm when the train was
approaching Crewe.
The 27-year-old was on the bus for Monday's
title-winning parade around Manchester but cut a miserable
figure.
The Denmark international only joined United in
November for £3.5million and has figured in just two FA Cup ties
against Southampton and Crawley.
He needed knee surgery in March which kept him
out for five weeks and did not make the final squad on Saturday
with Tomasz Kuszczak making the bench instead.