Tomasz Kuszczak comments just ‘Polish humour’, claims Sir Alex Ferguson
Posted in News, Syndicated News on Friday November 6th, 2009 11:19am
• 'Tomasz was cracking a joke,' said Ferguson
• Van der Sar set to retain goalkeeping jersey
Sir Alex Ferguson today played down talk of a rift between the Manchester United goalkeepers Tomasz Kuszczak and Edwin van der Sar, dismissing the former's comments as "Polish humour".
Kuszczak appeared to attack the veteran Dutchman for not offering him enough support during his time at Old Trafford, claiming he had asked Van der Sar for advice but none had been forthcoming.
As the Poland international made his comments on United's in-house television station, MUTV, it seemed a strange grievance to make.
But Ferguson confirmed that anyone trying to convince themselves of a row in the Old Trafford camp was off the mark.
"It is just not true," he said. "Tomasz was cracking a joke. He was laughing when he said it. There is no problem between him and Edwin – maybe it is just that Polish humour doesn't translate to British humour."
Despite his performance against CSKA Moscow on Tuesday being heavily criticised, Van der Sar is virtually certain to retain his goalkeeping berth, with either Kuszczak or Ben Foster on the bench.
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