Holland head coach Bert van Marwijk has opened up to the press and admitted that he has reached out to Manchester United’s Edwin van der Sar about coming out of International Retirement for a SECOND TIME to help the Dutch qualify for the 2010 World Cup after all three current Full Team goalies have been hit by the injury bug / drop in form.

Via Gaurdian 

Holland’s coach, Bert van Marwijk, said he had called Van der Sar, 38, “against my better judgment”.  I knew beforehand what the answer would be, but I called him anyway,” Van Marwijk added.

Van der Sar, the most capped Dutch footballer of all time with 130 appearances, retired from international football after Euro 2008. However, he agreed to make a one-off comeback last October for qualifiers against Iceland and Norway to cover for injuries. The Netherlands won both matches and he kept two clean sheets.

Van Marwijk tried to persuade Van der Sar to come back again for home qualifiers against Scotland on 28 March and Macedonia on 1 April.

The squad’s three keepers, Maarten Stekelenburg, Henk Timmer and Michel Vorm, “are all sick, injured or coming back from injury,” he said.

Stekelenburg, who has recovered from injury but has not managed to regain his place in Ajax’s first team, remains Van Marwijk’s first choice. “Of all the keepers at the moment, he has the most potential,” said Van Marwijk, who names his squad for the Scotland and Macedonia qualifiers on Friday.

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