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Man Utd keeper Van der Sar will not reverse retirement decision

Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar remains determined to retire at the end of this season.

He is on course to win the Premier League's Golden Glove award for keeping the most clean sheets.

But he has been refusing all pleas from fans to change his mind because after a career spanning two decades, four clubs - Ajax, Juventus, Fulham and United - and winning virtually every major honour in the game, he wants to go out at the top and spend more time with his wife and children.

"It's always nice when you are involved in a winning team, which we have been recently," he told the Daily Express. "Hopefully we can carry that on between now and the end of the season.

"I've had a reasonable career so far, so let's hope we can finish off nicely by winning some things.

"It was fantastic to win the Champions League with Ajax in 1995 and again with United in 2008 and obviously to win it again would be the perfect way to end.

"But we're not thinking about Real Madrid or Barcelona or the final at Wembley. We're just looking at the next game we have. We will not be complacent against Schalke."

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