New start: New Birmingham signing Foster hopes to
win his place back in England's squad next term
Ben Foster has warned
Manchester
United's fans that the anti-Glazer
movement is in danger of having a detrimental effect on the
team.
The former England goalkeeper arrived at
Birmingham City eager to open a new chapter in his
career after making a £4million switch from Old Trafford.
But he had a star message for the Green and Gold movement whose
campaign to oust the club's American owners shows little signs of
letting up.
He said: 'There's maybe too much made of it by the
supporters. They are obviously passionate about Manchester United,
but sometimes they need to focus on supporting the club a bit more
than getting carried away with the technicalities of who's in
charge.
Leave it out: Ben Foster has warned anti-Glazer
protests will unsettle his former Manchester United
team-mates
'Personally, I think the Glazers have always put money
in to Manchester United to buy players when needed. Having said
that, I don't think the manager needs to buy too many players there
anyway. They have a lot of good youngsters coming through the
ranks.
'However, it's a bit of a distraction when the fans are chanting
at every game.'
Foster slipped out of favour at Old Trafford after dropping, as
he himself admitted, 'one or two clangers'.
He has joined Birmingham feeling that he has a point to prove to
United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and English football.
He said: 'Personally, I thought I did OK but there were a couple
of games where I dropped a few clangers and being at United, you
can't afford to do that. Then, there was a point where I was
playing for England then going back to be third choice keeper at
United.
'I need to get the loving feeling of playing first-team football
back. It's nice when you know you're an important part of the team.
I've lacked it in the last couple of years, playing the odd game
here and there.'