Edwin Van Der Sar: I Want to Stay At Manchester United Until I Win Another Champions League

Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has revealed he doesn’t want to retire until he has won the Champions League for a third time.

The 38-year-old Dutchman is currently recovering from a finger injury sustained in pre-season and is yet to play for the Red Devils this season, in what may be his last campaign for the club.

However, the stopper has insisted he has no intention of retiring at the moment and that his desire to claim glory remains as strong as ever.

"I don’t want to pack it in. At the end of my holiday this summer, I was itching to go back to the training ground," he told the Sunday Mirror.

"I have the hunger to win the Champions League again. It does not matter that I won it in the past.

"The season could not start soon enough for me and it was unfortunate I got injured. After our pre-season tour in Korea, I said something about my future and the next day it was all over the back pages that I wanted to ruin [Ben] Foster’s World Cup dream.

"That was nonsense. Foster got more playing time than ever last season because I was taking rests."

The Dutchman also gave his backing to his replacement Ben Foster but insisted he was hoping to regain his position in the team when fit again.

"I think Foster has done well as my replacement," he added.

"But I still work as hard as all the others at training, whether I’m old enough to be their dad or not."

Van der Sar also took time out to pay tribute to manager Sir Alex Ferguson and the "family" he had built at Old Trafford.

"Alex Ferguson is the man who guarantees continuity at this club. He has built an empire and a group of loyal and trustworthy people around him and the team," said the goalkeeper.

"He does not need to be at the training ground every day. He does not even have to try and influence me to sign again.

"As a player you know what you have got at United because of all the staff around Fergie. They are all great people. The trick is that as a player here, you know you are employed by a multi-million pound football company, but inside it feels as if you are surrounded by family."