IdealDuring Tuesday's 2-1 defeat, [b]Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar covered 5,176 metres of the pitch. Fernando Torres managed 5,112.[/b]
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/3526126/Fernando-Torres-costs-75000-a-minute.html
50 miLOLion pound signing! ROFL
Hmm. I'd be surprised if that were accurate. Does remind me of a stat (no idea what the source would be) from a few years ago that during a particular Arsenal match, Freddie Ljungberg had been walking or standing still for only 10 seconds of the time in which the ball was in play.