United goalkeeper Foster heads to Birmingham
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May 20, 2010, Thursday
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MANCHESTER United has accepted a bid from Birmingham for goalkeeper Ben Foster.
"I think he deserves the opportunity to do better for himself. That's the reason we accepted the offer," United manager Alex Ferguson said on Tuesday at a news conference in New York to discuss the club's preseason tour.
Foster was stuck behind Edwin Van der Sar, United's No. 1 goalkeeper since the 2005-06 season, and was alongside Tomasz Kuszczak, another backup.
The 27-year-old Foster appeared in just nine Premier League games last season, mostly while Van der Sar was sidelined early in the season by a pair of broken fingers. Foster played in just one match after November 25, when United lost to Turkey's Besiktas 0-1 in the Champions League after a 30-meter shot took a slight deflection and beat Foster. He also was blamed for a Kenwyne Jones goal in a 2-2 draw with Sunderland on October 3, when Foster failed to deal with a high ball into the box and Jones headed in.
"I feel and I still am very strong about this, I think he's the best goalkeeper in England - English goalkeeper," Ferguson said.
Ferguson said Foster felt a lack of playing time at United had cost him a place in England's World Cup squad. Foster believes he will have a chance to start at Birmingham, where Joe Hart was on loan last season from Manchester City.
Ferguson said 20-year-old Ben Amos will be United's third goalkeeper.
United chief executive David Gill said the club had not noticed any economic impact of the supporters who are opposed to the Glazer family that owns the club. "Our season ticket sales, renewals, for this upcoming season are on track with previous years. Our executive ticket renewals are on track," he said. "The owners that we have at Manchester United have been true to their word with us since they took over the club in 2005. They've brought commercial expertise and commercial benefit to us in a numbers of areas, and we've seen our revenues grow significantly."
"I think he deserves the opportunity to do better for himself. That's the reason we accepted the offer," United manager Alex Ferguson said on Tuesday at a news conference in New York to discuss the club's preseason tour.
Foster was stuck behind Edwin Van der Sar, United's No. 1 goalkeeper since the 2005-06 season, and was alongside Tomasz Kuszczak, another backup.
The 27-year-old Foster appeared in just nine Premier League games last season, mostly while Van der Sar was sidelined early in the season by a pair of broken fingers. Foster played in just one match after November 25, when United lost to Turkey's Besiktas 0-1 in the Champions League after a 30-meter shot took a slight deflection and beat Foster. He also was blamed for a Kenwyne Jones goal in a 2-2 draw with Sunderland on October 3, when Foster failed to deal with a high ball into the box and Jones headed in.
"I feel and I still am very strong about this, I think he's the best goalkeeper in England - English goalkeeper," Ferguson said.
Ferguson said Foster felt a lack of playing time at United had cost him a place in England's World Cup squad. Foster believes he will have a chance to start at Birmingham, where Joe Hart was on loan last season from Manchester City.
Ferguson said 20-year-old Ben Amos will be United's third goalkeeper.
United chief executive David Gill said the club had not noticed any economic impact of the supporters who are opposed to the Glazer family that owns the club. "Our season ticket sales, renewals, for this upcoming season are on track with previous years. Our executive ticket renewals are on track," he said. "The owners that we have at Manchester United have been true to their word with us since they took over the club in 2005. They've brought commercial expertise and commercial benefit to us in a numbers of areas, and we've seen our revenues grow significantly."
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