Red Devils unlikely to sign another keeper this summer

Sir Alex Ferguson will not be signing a replacement for the outgoing Ben Foster after confirming he will promote Ben Amos to provide the cover for Van der Sar and Tomasz Kuszczak.

He told a press conference: “When we decided to let Ben (Foster) go, we were in the process of letting a good young goalkeeper, Ben Amos, go out on loan.
“He’s in the England Under-21 team, but we can only accommodate three goalkeepers. So when the situation with Ben (Foster’s) future at Manchester United came into it and we agreed to let him go, we stopped Ben Amos from going on loan.
“He will now be our third goalkeeper, he’s very talented and has a good future ahead of him.
“So we have three goalkeepers, Edwin van der Sar, Tomasz Kuszczak and Ben Amos. So we’re okay.”

Although Fergie has been known to tell a few porkies, he is unlikely to be building a smokescreen on this front.

The move is bound to receive mixed reactions from United supporters. While it is great news for Ben Amos and United’s youth setup, many will see it as a bit of a gamble. Edwin van der Sar is 39 and if injury were to strike, the possibility of Amos having to stand in during some important games becomes a very real possibility.

In light of transfer rumours linking United to Akinfeev, Neuer and Buffon, this move would seem to indicate that Sir Alex sees Tomasz Kuszczak as United’s future number 1 and that he didn’t rock the boat by bringing in another established keeper.