Edwin van der Sar

I think there are a couple of images that he came out and really spread himself completely as a player.

And of course, he's a big guy.

He's a different attitude than myself.

He always was angry, shouting a lot at the defenders to pump himself up a little bit more.

But it was a great save also.

Yeah, of course, you had the David Beckham guys coming through with Neville and Gixie and Bud.

So he was there.

I think you had Steve Bruce, Roy Keane, of course, Andy Cole.

So he had a backbone and the young players were allowed in and that created the atmosphere and a winning mentality and I think his desire, his attitude on the pitch, on the training ground probably stood out and helped the club a lot to win a couple of Premier League titles and of course for himself also the 1999 Champions League.

Even the years at Arsenal, I think.

How long did he play at Arsenal?

I think it was ten years at Chelsea, but... I got a good connection with Petter, absolutely.

Was he a goalkeeper you admired?

He also was in management at Chelsea for a while.

Did you admire his goalkeeping, though?

Yes.

Every save you make, it's important.

It doesn't really matter if you do it with your hands, with your feet.

Maybe on the footballing side, he was maybe a little bit different, a different style.

But of course, it was tremendous in that time.