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Man United loan keeper to Everton

Everton manager David Moyes has recruited USA goalkeeper Tim Howard on a season-long loan deal from Manchester United.

The 26-year-old stopper has been squeezed out of the first-team picture at Old Trafford following the arrival of Edwin van der Sar from Fulham last summer.

Indeed, Howard, who has been chosen in the USA's World Cup squad, was restricted to just six senior appearances all season. After arriving from Major League Soccer outfit New York Metrostars in 2003, Howard initially appeared to be the answer to United's long-standing goalkeeping problems.

However, high-profile blunders in Champions League matches at the end of his first season with the eight-times Premiership champions and the start of his second put the US star's first-team place at risk.

Despite those problems, and his recent omission, Sir Alex Ferguson remains a big admirer of a player who has played 77 times for the Red Devils and could still return from Goodison Park to succeed Van der Sar, whose contract is due to expire in 12 months' time.

10:49 - 2006-May-9 - post comment

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