Edwin van der Sar

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572 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 7 May

Edwin van der Sar’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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But he could.

The beauty of it was, he could.

And this was the bit I couldn't get my head around, Edwin, right?

You would just trot out to training and Steely would just kick a few little straight at you and you'd go, I feel good, Steely.

And you'd go, you can do it.

And then Saturday, as usual, absolute 10 out of 10.

Honestly, 10 out of 10.

He'd come, take a cross, sprint to the edge of his box, half volley over for Rooney.

Rooney would get on his bike and it was just like, this is incredible.

Honestly, it was incredible.

That period there.

We're still learning.

That period, 35 to 40, and you'd think, surely he's getting old, he's getting old.

That period there, that five-year period, best goalkeeper in the world, Edwin, in my eyes, for sure.

The agility that's getting down to it.

So did you know then... So your last game for Man United was the Champions League final against Barcelona, the 3-1 defeat.

So at that point, was it set in stone that you were going to retire?

You could have saved yourself some money here.

Can we rewind a couple of years then to the Moscow 2008 Champions League final?

No problem.

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