DUTCH ace Edwin van der Sar has agreed a new one-year deal at
Manchester United.
The veteran keeper has signed up until 2008 after boss Sir Alex
Ferguson insisted he had at least two years left at the top.
Van der Sar, 36, joined from Fulham 18 months ago and has impressed
during his time at Old Trafford.
Sir Alex said: "Our approach with players in their 30s is to give
them one-year contracts that's what we did with Denis
Irwin.
"He signed one-year deals before he eventually left when he was 36.
There's nothing wrong with that and we've given Edwin another
one-year contract.
"Edwin's fit, he's lean, he's hungry and he can play for another
two years, easy. He's probably got a new lease of life since coming
to United.
"He did well at Fulham, having been at Juventus previously. But
coming to us has given him an extra spur that a lot of goalkeepers
get at that age.
"He's done really well for us and he's good in the dressing room,
too.
"He's not a terribly demonstrative person he's not like Peter
Schmeichel for instance.
"But what he says has got an authority about it because he's been
there and that experience and personality help."
