If we are talking about football, many roles have to be mentioned like strikers, defensive midfielder, centre back, both right and left wingers most especially goalkeeper. The goalkeeper is the most specialised position in the sport.
The goalkeeper’s main role is to stop the opposing team from scoring. In this article we are providing our readers the 3 Best Manchester United Goalkeepers Of All.
It makes sense that Manchester United has always sought for top-notch goalkeepers given the goalkeeping issues the club has had since Peter Schmeichel’s retirement and the arrival of Edwin van der Sar. David de Gea of Atletico Madrid was purchased by Sir Alex Ferguson for a hefty sum as a result of the concern that van der Sar’s retirement generated. But over the years, United has had its fair share of excellent goalkeepers.
3. Jimmy Rimmer
Although many people consider Jimmy Rimmer to have been an even better goalkeeper than Alex Stepney, the former was a respectable keeper. He filled in for Stepney at Old Trafford for 11 years.Â
He afterwards left for Arsenal, where for three years he was without a rival for the job, and moved on to Aston Villa.Â
He spent six years as the top goalkeeper for Aston Villa. The pinnacle of his tenure at Villa was when he led them to a triumph over Bayern Munich in the 1982 UEFA Champions League.
2. Peter Schmeichel
Only if he hadn’t committed the ultimate sin by joining Manchester City would he have been ranked first. Schmeichel deserves praise for leading Manchester United through what was perhaps their most prosperous period.Â
At 6 feet 4 inches tall, Peter Schmeichel was an ever-dangerous presence in the United goal and the foundation that helped Manchester United win the league once more in the 1990s.Â
He additionally turned aside Dennis Bergkamp’s last-second penalty kick in the 1999 FA Cup final to force overtime.Â
In Roy Keane’s absence, he also led the team to a spectacular victory over Bayern Munich in the 1999 Champions League final, capping off a historic treble. He also holds the record number of clean sheets, with 42 percent of his games having been clean sheets.
1. Edwin Van Der Sar
Manchester United went to great lengths to find a worthy successor to the “Great Dane,” Peter Schmeichel.Â
Before signing the Dutchman, Manchester United tried out a number of well-known goalies, including Mark Bosnich, Massimo Taibi, Fabien Barthez, Tim Howard, and Roy Carroll.Â
Van der Sar joined United on June 10th, 2005, for the pitiful sum of £2 million, which is incredible given the amount they paid for David de Gea.Â
His nickname was appropriately changed to “Van der Save” after he saved Manchester United from losing the Champions League on penalties against Nicholas Anelka. This is possibly his most enduring memory.
On 27 January 2009, he also set the record for the number of consecutive clean sheets at 11 games and also broke the record for going the longest without conceding a goal at 1,311 minutes. Stats aside, the Dutchman exuded class through and through, and he deserved to be No.1 in the list of greatest goalkeepers of Manchester United.