FOSTER PREPARED TO
WAIT
Ben Foster is prepared to accept spending a season as Edwin van der
Sar's understudy in order to improve his chances of becoming
Manchester United's number one in the future.
Foster's stock has risen during his two years out on loan at
Watford and he is being tipped to take over from Van der Sar at
United.
That is unlikely to happen next season, as the Dutchman is
not ready to step aside, but Foster is prepared to bide his
time.
"It will be massively disappointing," he told Sky Sports News. "I
have had two good seasons out on loan and love playing week in and
week out, being first-choice goalkeeper.
"I love everything that goes with it, you get so much confidence
knowing you are going to play every Saturday.
"You can go out so confident knowing you are a great goalkeeper,
whereas if you only get the odd game you know you have got to
impress and it comes with a bit of added pressure.
"But in the long run I have got to look at my long-term
future at United and hopefully it is going to lie there and if it
means spending a season on the bench and biding my time, then so be
it."
Foster is aware that his international hopes are likely to nosedive
if he is left to kick his heels on the bench.
"If you are not playing, you can't expect to be picked for your
national team and that is part and parcel of playing for England,"
admitted Foster.
"You have to be playing and playing well and if you are not
playing, then you can't expect to be picked."
