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Van der Gouw was 33 when he arrived at Old Trafford after a career in his native Holland with Go Ahead Eagles and Vitesse Arnham, in fact he played in 258 league games for Vitesse.
He was originally understudy to Peter Schmeichel at Old Trafford but since the Dane left he has had to sit and watch the likes of Mark Bosnich, Fabien Barthez and even for a short time was sub to Massimo Taibi.
With former Wigan keeper Roy Carroll now firmly in second position behind Barthez he is looking for an opportunity elsewhere. Should he sign and win a place in the side he wouldn't become the oldest to play in goal for the club, Jerry Dawson was 40 when he played his last game in 1928.