Fergie Confirms Foster Bid

19 May 2010 10:07
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that United have accepted a bid from Blues for goalkeeper Ben Foster. Blues have made an estimated £6million bid for the 27-year-old keeper who Ferguson believes should have been included in England's World Cup squad. "We accepted the bid from Birmingham City simply because we knew how concerned Ben was about his future and I can understand that," Ferguson said in New York last night at a press conference to promote United's close season tour in North America. "I think most of that comes from his disappointment of not having played enough games to get in the England squad this summer. "I still feel very strongly about this, that Ben's the best England goalkeeper and I can't work out why he wasn't even considered simply because he didn't have enough football. "Sometimes your conscience does come into it and you have to understand a player's feelings about it. Ben's been a terrific servant for us, he's been very unlucky with a couple of injuries he's had with us last season and I think he deserves the opportunity to do better for himself. "When we decided to let Ben (Foster) go, we were in the process of letting a good young goalkeeper, Ben Amos, go out on loan," Ferguson added. "He's in the England Under-21 team but we can only accommodate three goalkeepers. So when the situation with Ben (Foster's) future at Manchester United came into it and we agreed to let him go, we stopped Ben Amos from going on loan. "He will now be our third goalkeeper, he's very talented and has a good future ahead of him. "So we have three goalkeepers, Edwin van der Sar, Tomasz Kuszczak and Ben Amos. So we're okay."

Source: FOOTYMAD