When ever I join the transfer muppet forum it always ends badly...
I should just stick to United & Porsche...
Who is this guy Adler anyway
I am actually a bit shocked that you have not heared of him at all. He was linked to us for the first time rather early on, and are definitely among the usual suspects. Out of the young goalkeepers today; Lloris, Mandana, Akinfeev, Neuer and Adler. Adler might be the best of those candidates, and also are likely to have the best CV.
After Kahn and Lehmann both retired from Germany in 2008, Adler quickly became #1 of Germany. At that time they had the late R. Enke, as well as Butt, Wiese, Neuer of course, they had a lot of options and he still drew the longest straw. Adler seemingly is Loews first choice German goalkeeper above Neuer. And troughout most of the last decade, I really believe Germany have five goalkeepers whom would mostly be the best goalkeeper in England. Nobody produces as many great goalkeepers as Germany, they always have one of the top candidates for the best goalkeepers in the world.
If our two goalkeepers in the start of next season is Adler and Lindegaard, our goalkeeping future after van der Sar's retirement looks very bright. Both have great potentials. Another good thing about him is that he is a Manchester United fan, and if Lindegaard achieves the potential that he has, there can be a goalkeeping battle... Being a Manchester United fan might help if he gets behind Lindegaard and we get a goalkeeping battle between the two, because Lindegaard can go a long way too, he is a really talented goalkeeper. It is likely that Adler might handle such a context better than most other options.