Westerveld to sign for FC Utrecht

Former Liverpool and Real Sociedad goalkeeper Sander Westerveld will sign a a one-year contract with FC Utrecht this week.

The 34-year-old goalkeeper will act as back up for Michel Vorm and is due to have a medical tomorrow before completing the deal.

Westerveld’s priority had been to play in Holland to be with his mother following the death of his father.

Westerveld said, in AD Sportwereld: “What really pleases me too are the ambitions of FC Utrecht.

“They want to follow the path of FC Twente and they prove that with their transfer policy.”