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Foster opens door to Arsenal and Aston Villa moves

Foster opens door to Arsenal and Aston Villa moves

Former England goalkeeper Ben Foster has opened the door to two possible transfers this summer.

Foster has been with Watford since 2018, but he will move on this summer following the Hornets’ relegation to the Championship.

The goalkeeper’s contract expires at the end of June, and he will be looking for a new club ahead of that date,

Foster is likely to have good options in the Championship to stay as a number one, despite being 39 years of age.

But given his age, he has opened the door to playing a Scott Carson-type role at a Premier League club.

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And Foster has named two Premier League clubs, in particular, as he eyes a supplementary role.

“Yeah I think I would to be honest with you,” he said on the Fozcast Podcast.

“If I’m signing for a club as a number two goalkeeper, depending on who the first-choice goalkeeper is, so say it was someone like Arsenal or even Aston Villa for example where you’ve got the first choice goalie I know is a world-class goalkeeper.

“So someone like Ramsdale or Emi Martinez, I know I’ve got a world-class goalkeeper in front of me who’s still at an age where they’re learning and they can get better – because they can, they’ve got the potential.

“I will, at that point, say, ‘Right I am going to help you as much as I can to maximise your ability and make sure that you become an absolute monster, a beast, and give you all the tools that I’ve learned.’

“I’d love to be able to do that, and I can happily go in every day [to training] knowing that’s my role because it’s an important role still, a massive role.

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“And I’d love to be able to do that and buzz off them making saves, I’d be that guy on the bench jumping up going, ‘Oh what a save! That’s my goalie! That’s my boy!’ It would be brilliant. I would love to do that.

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