Tomasz Kuszczak is set to leave Manchester United, according to The Sun newspaper.

Kuszczak is unhappy at the amount of time he spends on the bench and has had enough of waiting to be United's number one keeper.

The 29-year old joined Man United on the 10th August 2006, since then has has gone on to make 59 appearances. He has only made eight appearances this season and is not set to leave during the summer.

The Sun have quoted the goalkeeper as saying:

"I'm definitely leaving the club. My time in Manchester is coming to an end.

"I've worked hard for five years but I never played as much as I wanted.

"It's a shame the manager didn't really give me a chance.

"I always believed I can be Edwin Van Der Sar's successor. Unfortunately, Sir Alex has decided differently.
"Even though I played many games, I spent most of my time on the bench.

"I accepted that as I had a great rival, one of the world's best keepers, and Manchester was the only club where I could accept that role for so long.

"But I've had enough of waiting. I want to play in Euro 2012. Staying here I could be left out by Poland's coach.

"I spoke to Alex Ferguson about my role on many occasions.

"The manager was in a difficult position. But he also knew Edwin is retiring after this season so he could give me a few more chances to play.

"We didn't speak that much to convince me next year I can be No1."

“I'd probably be No2 for the next few years. I don't want that."

We are only days away from the start of the 2009/10 Premier League season and we are still been linked with players. Both Man United’s Chief Executive (David Gill) and manager (Sir Alex Ferguson) have said that there will be no more signings this summer but the press continue to link us to players.

Man United’s main goalkeeper Edwin Van Der Sar is injured and he will be out for around two months. United’s second goalkeeper Ben Foster had a bit of a nightmare in the Community Shield match against Chelsea and Tomasz Kuszczak is not highly rated by the press. That now means that we are once again being linked to some top goalkeepers.

Who are we being linked to?

I have seen some reports suggesting that we are going to sign Gianluigi Buffon from Juventus. Buffon has been at Juventus since 2001 and he is aged 31. I don’t think that he is a no go especially because of his age.

The other main name that has been put in the frame is a younger goalkeeper Manuel Neuer. Neuer has played for FC Schalke for his entire professional playing career. He is only 23-years-old and he is in the right age range for Manchester United.

Will we buy a goalkeeper this summer?

Personally, I don’t think so. Sir Alex and Gill have both said that we won’t sign any more players. I know that Fergie said that earlier on in the summer and then we went on and signed Gabriel Obertan but I think that was different. If they are going to change their minds I don’t think it will be a goalkeeper that we will be signing, it is more likely to be a forward player.

I also believe that Sir Alex will show his faith in Foster, he did have a bad game but all players have bad games and it was a pre-season game. Foster hasn’t played many games and his match sharpness might not be there yet.

Kuszczak, in my opinion, gets a bit of a hard time. He isn’t the best goalkeeper in the world but we are not Real Madrid or Manchester City. We aren’t going to go out and buy the best of everything. Kuszczak is a good goalkeeper and if we need him then he will perform. I know that some Manchester United fans get nervous when he is in goal but I think that is a tad harsh.

Van Der Sar is going to be injured for two months and I believe that Foster and Kuszczak are perfectly capable of standing in for him. If not, we do have some youngsters (Ron-Robert Zieler and Ben Amos) who could be given a chance.

If we are going to buy a keeper it won’t be this summer, it will be next when Van Der Sar is expected to retire. Even then I think Fergie will keep Foster and Kuszczak.

Ahead of the Community Shield this Sunday Man United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that Man United have a few injury woes.

You should know that Edwin Van Der Sar is injured and will be out for two months. Fergie has confirmed that whoever plays out of Ben Foster and Tomasz Kuszczak, they will be Man United's number one until Van Der Sar returns.

Sir Alex has also confirmed that Nemanja Vidic will miss the first game of the season against Birmingham, a week on Sunday. He should be Ok for the second match against Burnley.

Wes Brown should be fit and ready for the start of the season and Gary Neville is struggling with a groin injury.

"Everyone is fit apart from Wes, Vidic and Neville," Sir Alex said during his press conference.
"Gary has done a bit of training, and he is coming along fine. And I expect Wes to be fit for the Birmingham match.

"Vidic is another week or two away and Edwin's injury is a bad one. He's out for 8-10 weeks, of course. So my first selection dilemma for Sunday is in goal."

Man United have suffered a massive blow ahead of the start of the Premier League season. Man United have confirmed that number one goalkeeper Edwin Van Der Sar has broken his finger.

Van Der Sar has undergone surgery and he will now be out of action for eight weeks.
Van der Sar suffered the injury saving a penalty from Danijel Pranjic in United's 7-6 shoot-out defeat to Bayern Munich in the pre-season Audi Cup tournament in Germany.


This will now give Ben Foster the chance he has been waiting for to shine. We also have Tomasz Kuszczak who I am sure will get some games.

Reports in today's papers are saying that Man United goalie Kuszczak is a target of Zenit St Petersburg's. Kuszczak has been United's number two until recently when it has become more obvious that Foster is Man United's number two goalie.

It is being claimed that Zenit will offer Man United £4 million for Kuszczak.
Not all Manchester United fans would be disappointed if Kuszczak left, it really depends on who you speak to.

Some fans love him and they tend to be the Polish fans but some fans don't think he is good enough for Man United. I think he is a good goalie but I can see Van Der Sar carrying on for another year or two and then Foster will probably replace him.
If Kuszczak wants first team football then he may be better off moving.

Image details: France v Italy - Group C Euro 2008 served by picapp.com

There weren't too many Manchester United players in the Euro 2008 tournament especially compared to Chelsea, so how did they get on?

Van Der Sar
United's Goalie Van Der Sar had a great tournament, he made some fantastic saves especially against Italy and France. Unfortuntly Holland were knocked out in the quarter finals by Russia after a 3-1 defeat in extra time.
For me, and I am trying not to be biased, I think that Van Der Sar was the best goalie in Euro 2008.

Evra
Evra didn't start every match for France but when he did play, he played well. I don't think Evra got the chance to show what he can really do but that is probably because France didn't progress past the group stages, they finished at the bottom of the group with only 1 point.

Nani
Nani did come on as a substitute in some games but the problem with Nani was that he was far too selfish and took shots which had no chance of going in. He did have a few good moments and showed what he could become but if he cuts out the selfish part of his game, just like Ronaldo did then he could become a star.

Ronaldo
There was much speculation about Ronaldo before and during Euro 2008, he was either going to shine as a big player or he was going to flop, Ronaldo flopped.
There could be many reasons why he didn't perform. There has been speculation over his Manchester United future or may'be he was just too tired after a hard season with United.
When your team need lifting, you look to the important players like Ronaldo to lift the team like he has done with Manchester United but he could'nt do it for Portugal.
Overall Ronaldo had a disappointing tournament, scoring only one goal.

Kuszczak
Kuszczak was in the Poland squad but before Euro 2008 even started he withdrew due to injury.

After yesterday's match there are another four players injured for United, these four players are now doubts for United's quarter final match against Roma on tuesday.
We now have six players injured overall and they are:

1. Carrick
2. Evra
3. Ferdinand
4. Giggs
5. Van Der Sar
6. Saha
7. Fletcher

So with six injured players, do we have enough players to replace them? I personally think we do, Hargreaves can play at right back, we also have Anderson, Kuszczak and Foster can play in goal and Nani can replace Giggs, i dont think we will have much of a problem.

There were around 32 international matches last night and here is a round up of how the Manchester United players did:

Wayne Rooney, Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand and Owen Hargreaves all started for England but they all had different matches. Rooney only played the first half as the main striker but he was given the same role as Fernando Torres is given at Liverpool and that doesnt suit him, i honestly dont think that Rooney can play upfront on his own. Brown had a night to forget, at one point it looked like David Beckham was playing at right back and Brown was playing at the right midfield. Ferdinand had a good, strong match but at the last 15/20 minutes it looked like he was carrying an injury. Hargreaves also had a good match and he also played the full 90 minutes.
Former Red David Beckham played his 100th match for England, congratulations to him.

Louis Saha was injured so he wasnt playing, whilst Patrice Evra was on the bench and he stayed on the bench.

Anderson played in the last half an hour in the match between Brazil and Sweden at the Emirates.

Fletcher started for Scotland and he played a part in the 1-1 draw with Croatia.

Kuszczak was on Polands bench but he also stayed on the bench.

Vidic played 74minutes for Serbia but they ended up loosing 2-0 to Ukraine.

Park played a part for South Korea against Korea DPR, the match finished 0-0.