Manchester United legend Edwin van der Sar nominated for Premier League Hall of Fame
Former Manchester United and Netherlands goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has been nominated for the 2024 Premier League Hall of Fame.
The Premier League recently confirmed the Dutchman’s nomination alongside his former Man United teammate Nemanja Vidić.
The nomination will come as a moment of jubilation and respite for the 53-year-old, for whom the past twelve months have been quite trying. Having left the role of CEO of Ajax at the end of the 2022/23 season, citing rest as one of the reasons for having done so, Van der Sar was taken into intensive care in July last year after he suffered a brain haemorrhage. He was discharged two weeks later and has since made a full recovery.
He took to Instagram to acknowledge the PL Hall of Fame nomination.
Of the 15 players nominated to be inducted into the PL Hall of Fame this year, six have represented Manchester United. Apart from Van der Sar and Vidić, Michael Carrick, Andy Cole, Gary Neville, and Michael Owen have also been nominated.
The nominees can be voted for induction here. Voting closes next Monday, April 8.
A nomination fully deserved
That Van der Sar deserves a Hall of Fame nomination on merit requires little discussion. Manchester United were the dominant side in the first two decades of the Premier League and, to that end, their players of that time have already been inducted into the PL Hall of Fame; it’s inevitable that many others will follow.
The Dutchman has some strong competition for an induction this year—particularly from his own former United teammates. It is likely he won’t make the cut this time round, but we do not rule out a future nomination to seal the deal.
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For now, the nomination itself feels like a good way to cap what has otherwise been a hard year for Van der Sar, and it’s hard to not wish him some peace and good luck going forward.
