Ex-Watford goalkeeper Ben Foster has lifted the lid on the supply he acquired from Newcastle United and he has defined why he has determined to retire.
The 39-year-old was a free agent heading into the summer season after his contract at Watford expired.
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Foster had a spell at Manchester United earlier in his profession earlier than he impressed at Birmingham Metropolis and West Brom.
He remained a free agent late into the switch window however Newcastle United have emerged as a attainable vacation spot in current weeks.
Their curiosity in Foster got here after Karl Darlow picked up an harm. This left Newcastle and not using a backup goalkeeper to Nick Pope as Martin Dubravka has joined Man Utd on mortgage.
The Magpies ended up signing ex-Liverpool shot-stopper Laris Karius on a short-term deal after talks with Foster broke down.
Foster has now announced his retirement. He has now cleared up hypothesis concerning his potential transfer to Newcastle:
“I stay within the Midlands and to get to Newcastle by automobile is about 4 hours – it’s a little bit of a trek and it’s not one you may commute to day-after-day backwards and forwards,” Foster mentioned on Fozcast.
“Even once I was at Watford I used to be driving backwards and forwards day-after-day. I’m established within the Midlands. It really works, it’s excellent for me. This supply is available in and it’s Newcastle and genuinely, I’ve gone ‘oh my gosh, that is huge’.
“I sort of had this sense in me that I didn’t actually wish to do it simply due to the upheaval (of transferring away), but when they’re prepared to pay me a extremely good wage it’s one thing you’ve acquired to respect, easy as that.
“I mentioned a weekly wage that I needed and Richard mentioned ‘cool, I’ll return now to Newcastle and I’ll speak to them and we’ll go from there’.
“Deep down I’d hoped they had been going to say that (no) as a result of once I heard about Newcastle it was a pleasant feeling to really feel needed. For the reason that finish of final season, I’d had a couple of presents however non had been actual Premier League concrete presents.
“As quickly as he (his agent) mentioned this, I had this sinking feeling within me as a result of deep down I didn’t wish to do it. I might have needed to transfer away from residence, that may kill me.
“You recognize when individuals say you need to go along with your intestine feeling, I had a sense deep down that ‘I simply don’t wish to do it’.”
