Want Santa Cruz Man City ? Pay up £18million

According to this report in the Mirror, Mark Hughes and Man City will have to cough up a minimum of 18 million pounds if they are to bring Paraguyuan international Roque Santa Cruz to Eastlands in January.

Santa Cruz, who excelled at Rovers under Hughes last season, has not quite had the same impact at Ewood Park this season, but is still high up on Hughes’ winter shopping list. He scored his first home goal of the season recently against Liverpool, and that was a bit delayed given the quality we’ve come to expect out of him.

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Edwin van der Sar renews Manchester United contract

Dutch veteran Edwin van der Sar has signed a one year extension to his contract at Old Trafford. The former Ajax and Juventus keeper will now be at Manchester United till 2010.

Van der Sar, who is the most capped Dutch player of all time, had initially planned to retire at the end of the 2008-09 season, but changed his mind when Ferguson said that he would be still be first choice at Old Trafford for next year should he decide to continue playing on.

Van der Sar’s extension would mean that Tomasz Kuzcsak and Ben Foster will continue to be second and third choice goalkeepers at Old Trafford.

Edwin van der Sar will stay at Old Trafford till 2010
Edwin van der Sar will stay at Old Trafford till 2010

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