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In Anders Lindegaard, United have signed a goalkeeper bearing a key hallmark of Edwin van der Sar, according to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
The Norwegian, who scouted Lindegaard during Aalesund’s Europa League trip to Motherwell earlier this season, says the Danish international has the required skills with the ball at his feet to fit in with United’s ethos of possession play.
“It’s dangerous to say, but he’s very good with his feet so he reminds me of Edwin, in the way he can play football,” Solskjaer told ManUtd.com.
“He can pick out players and that’s one of the strengths of his game. I like that about him. He didn’t have too many saves to make in the Motherwell game, but I’ve watched him on telly a few times for Denmark and he’s a very good shot-stopper.”
Solskjaer also spoke at length with Aalesund manager Kjetil Rehkdal, a fellow former Norwegian international, about Lindegaard’s suitability for a role at a major club like United.
“Kjetil’s a very good friend of mine, and he says he has the mentality to be a number one goalkeeper,” said Solskjaer. “Of course, that’s a good thing. And he’s Danish, so we have to cross our fingers that he’s like Peter Schmeichel!
“Plus I’m sure that with the coaching here he’ll improve. You see potentially a very, very good keeper, and with the coaching here he’ll be alright.”
Anderson's outstanding recent form and undoubted potential has been recognised with a new four-and-a-half-year contract extension, which will keep him at Old Trafford until at least June 2015.
The Brazilian has been excellent for the Reds since making a full recovery from the knee ligament injury he suffered last season, and in the last few weeks has produced the type of performances that prove he can fulfil the huge potential with which he arrived in Manchester in 2007.
Sir Alex Ferguson clearly has high hopes for the 22-year-old. "We are delighted he has signed a new contract," the boss told ManUtd.com. Anderson has developed tremendously since joining us and he has fantastic potential at only 22; he is going to be a really top player."
Anderson feels he can achieve everything he wants to in his career at Old Trafford. He said: "This is the best club to be at and I would like to thank everyone for the great support I have received over the years.
"I am looking forward to winning many more trophies with United and I am so pleased to have signed a new contract."
Sir Alex Ferguson became the longest serving Manchester United manager in the club's history on Sunday.
The Scot has spent a staggering 24 years, one month and 15 days in charge at Old Trafford since joining in November 1986.
He surpassed Sir Matt Busby's previous record, which was achieved over two stints from October 1945 to January 1969 and from December 1970 to June 1971.
Sir Bobby Charlton, who has witnessed the entirety of Ferguson's reign at the club, could hardly contain his praises for him.
"He's been sensational for United," he told the BBC.
"When we first got him you could tell he had the work ethic, he wasn't satisfied with second best, he wanted to be winning all the time.
"He's been unique. I've never known anyone who works as hard as him or has the brains or who knows what's expected of him.
"In our wildest dreams we couldn't have expected Alex Ferguson to be so successful over all this time - especially when the average time for a manager to stay in any one place is just three and half years."
Charlton went on to highlight the 68-year-old's attributes which has made his famous over the years, among which is his uncanny ability to judge players.
"He's a great judge of a player and how to put a team together," he added.
"He loves every minute of it and he's going to be with us for quite a while yet - which is bad news for the rest of the league,"
Joining in the chorus of praises for Ferguson is England manager Fabio Capello, who hailed him as the best manager of all time and even wished him another "20 years of management at top level".
"In the history of football, the best manager is Sir Alex," he told a Club Wembley members' breakfast.
"He changed the team, he changed the players, he has been really, really good for the club."
However, things would have been very different if Ferguson had not survived a tough spell during the start of his United career.
He was believed to be facing the sack after failing to win a third round FA Cup tie against Nottingham Forest back in 1990.
But Charlton was quick to dismiss such allegations.
"There was not a thought about the future of Alex Ferguson at this club," he told the club's official website.
"The media were the ones who were pushing. If Alex Ferguson had got sacked it would have been a really good story for them."
The man of the moment spoke of his reign and suggested that his shared nationality has enabled him to repeat the success of fellow Scot Sir Matt Busby despite their differences.
"Sir Matt was a lot calmer than me - we are different characters, with different personalities," he told the club's official website.
"Scottish people have a determination to do well no matter what."
Ferguson has won 11 Premier Leagues, two Champions League and five FA Cup titles during his time as United manager.
Chelsea invited fresh controversy by postponing today’s titanic Premier League match with Manchester United more than 24 hours before kick off.
While clubs across the country, from Sunderland to Exeter, managed to stage matches in the Premier League and Championship on Saturday afternoon, Chelsea informed United officials before lunchtime yesterday that the most eagerly-anticipated game of the season would not be played.
Incredibly, Chelsea justified their decision, delivered with unusual haste, by claiming the game had to be called off ‘following consultation with police and the local authority’. A brief statement on the club’s website read: ‘There has been heavy snow in London on Saturday.’
United fear the postponement will present both clubs with an unwanted fixture pile-up as their expected rivalry for the title enters the critical post-Christmas period. ‘This could give us a real problem,’ said United spokesman Phil Townsend yesterday.
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp perhaps captured the mood of most football fans when he expressed his astonishment that Chelsea had acted so swiftly to halt the game with United. ‘Tomorrow’s another day and who knows what the weather will be like in the morning?’ said Redknapp, who learned that Tottenham’s match at Blackpool at lunchtime today had been postponed while he waited with his players for a flight north from Stanstead Airport yesterday. ‘I have to say, I couldn’t believe it when I heard Chelsea against United was already off. You’d have thought the Stamford Bridge pitch, which has under-soil heating, would have been playable, so there must be other reasons for the game to be postponed that we don’t know about. 'At Blackpool, the pitch was frozen because they don’t have under-soil heating and that was always going to be a problem. At Chelsea, they must be worried about the surrounding areas to the ground. Even so, it is still a surprise that the game was called off so early.’
Chelsea’s rush to postpone the match has come when the club are dealing with the fall-out from a poor sequence of results. It also follows a rash of bad publicity and speculation over the future of manager, Carlo Ancelotti.
Chelsea have won only one of their last seven matches and while Frank Lampard was supposed to start his first match in five months against United this afternoon, there remain concerns over his fitness. Star striker Didier Drogba is another doubt after a bout of malaria. As well as attracting criticism for sacking coach Ray Wilkins against the wishes of Ancelotti, the club have also received the resignation of director of football Frank Arnesen.
Critics of the club will be keen to point these out as they consider Chelsea’s willingness to get the game with United postponed early, rather than waiting until late morning today to inspect the weather and conditions at Stamford Bridge. Only a fortnight ago, Chelsea publicly argued on their own website: ‘In this day and age, with all the modern technology, it is very rare you get a game called off. The pitch would have to be frozen solid or completely under water to be called off, which shouldn’t happen at Stamford Bridge.’
Head groundsman Jason Griffin said: ‘At Stamford Bridge, we have a water pipe system. It’s like a big radiator pumping hot water under the pitch to keep it warm. You set the temperature to go up and down, depending on the weather forecast. It’s usually between 15 and 20 degrees Centigrade. If the temperature ever gets too high, I get an alert on my phone and I would know there was a problem.’
Across London, Arsenal did not postpone yesterday’s match with Stoke until less than three hours before the game. An Arsenal statement read: ‘Further to a huge deluge of snow in North London, starting over the Emirates Stadium at 11.38am, match referee Lee Mason made the decision at 12.07pm to postpone today’s match. Approximately three inches of snow fell over this half-hour period and there continues to be heavy snowfall with no apparent let-up.’
In contrast, Manchester United secretary John Alexander informed Sir Alex Ferguson at 12.50pm yesterday that Chelsea had declared the game could not be played today. Sir Alex Ferguson and his players were at United’s Carrington training ground and had seats booked on the 2.34pm train from Manchester Piccadilly to London. United and Chelsea must now unravel heavy fixture congestion to try to arrive at a mutually convenient day to rearrange the match ahead of the London club’s visit to Old Trafford on May 7.
Townsend explained the difficulties when he said: ‘We have rearranged our recently postponed match with Blackpool for January 25, but it’s hard to see a new date for Chelsea. Although we have a Carling Cup semi-final date free, on January 11 or 12, I don’t think we will want to play then as we have Liverpool in the FA Cup third round on January 9; and Tottenham away on January 16. ‘Then, in February and March, we play our Champions League matches against Marseille in weeks two and four, while Chelsea play theirs against FC Copenhagen in weeks one and three. Of course, the longer both teams are in the FA Cup, the more difficult it will be to rearrange the match.’
Yesterday, Premier League matches at Sunderland and Blackburn were played without incident, while games in the Championship at Leeds, Sheffield United, Hull, Nottingham Forest, Coventry, Derby and Ipswich all went ahead as planned, as did Exeter's League One fixture against Sheffield Wednesday. Sheffield United, relying on the under-soil heating at Bramall Lane, won three vital points with a 1-0 win over Swansea to ease themselves away from the relegation zone. Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers was unable to explain how more Championship matches than in the Premier League had survived the snowy conditions. ‘I don’t know why more Championship matches have gone ahead maybe we think there are fewer dates that we can fit them back in,’ said Rodgers. ‘When you look at the pitch here, the groundstaff have done a fantastic job.’
Chelsea’s groundstaff were denied the chance to receive any such tributes from Ferguson today, thanks to a decision taken before lunchtime yesterday.
It’s 4pm in the above photo. United and Chelsea fans should be enjoying a massive fixture which could hugely shape the way the rest of the season would go.
As it is, we have no game to enjoy, with Chelsea Football Club making the decision to postpone the game 29 hours ahead of kick off.
Daniel Taylor, The Guardian, reported at the time of postponement that conditions outside Stamford Bridge were “not bad at all”, “only slushy” and “pavements well gritted”.
The trains from Manchester to London were running yesterday, they are still running today. The only Tube line which is closed is Waterloo and City (Stamford Bridge is on the District line).
The picture above is from a street four minutes drive from Stamford Bridge. Would it really be a danger for fans to be travelling around in these conditions?
Lots of games in London were called off yesterday, so if we were playing then and it was called off, then we’d just have to accept that was how it was. But the point is we weren’t playing until 4pm today, so why did the decision on the game need to be made at midday yesterday?
If this morning CFC felt the conditions were too dangerous after their consultation with the police, then fair enough. But as the pictures show and the public transport confirm, there is no reason why the game couldn’t have been played tonight.
The majority of the stadium would be filled with Londoners, who didn’t need any advance warning. The vast majority of those coming from Manchester wouldn’t have set off until this morning anyway, so where is the logic in making such an early decision?
It begs the question, if Chelsea were top of the league with a game in hand, if they were playing well, if their most effective players were fit and in good form and if United were playing badly, would they have cancelled the game at midday yesterday or would they have waited until this morning?
A Good Omen For Manchester United:
1. Paul Scholes and Antonio Valencia will most likely be fit for whenever the game is rescheduled, which definitely is a bonus where our starting XI is concerned.
2. Wayne Rooney might have found some goalscoring form and can then be entering the game full of confidence.
3. The pressure is now on Arsenal and Chelsea, not us, as they play next weekend. Ideally, they’d draw, taking points off both of them, as we hopefully keep our advantage with a game in hand against Sunderland on Boxing Day.
4. All our fans will be safe and sound after not having to brave the Arctic conditions surrounding Stamford Bridge…
Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov has been named Bulgarian Player of the Year for the seventh time.
The 29-year-old beat off competition from Gaziantepspor forward Ivelin Popov and FC Twente goalkeeper Nikolay Mihaylov to claim the award for the fourth straight year and equal Hristo Stoichkov's record for consecutive wins.
Berbatov, who previously won the accolade in 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009, is currently top scorer in the Barclays Premier League with 11 goals.
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