Most of you will have heard by now, Edwin van der Sar has been given indefinite compassionate leave by Sir Alex Ferguson to visit his ill wife, Annemarie, in the Netherlands. He was there already to see the Dutch team doctor about his knee injury when she suffered a brain haemorrhage on December 23 and was hospitalised.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/8433442.stm It's been good to see many messages of support from footballs fans of all strips across the internet.
aka_centimetre2 and I are sending our best wishes to her for a speedy and full recovery, their family is in our thoughts.