If the bid for Foster is real and not some SSN nonsense - and that's a big IF - then obviously Foster would be intended as No. 2 keeper behind Gomes.
Cudicini (the Spurs No. 2 GK under normal circumstances) is out for the rest of the season.
Man Utd Put Ben Foster Up For Sale
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Cudicini (the Spurs No. 2 GK under normal circumstances) is out for the rest of the season.
There's no way Foster would leave United just to sit on the bench elsewhere
I reckon you're wrong if there has been a bid Glaston, I reckon he'd be first choice
I reckon you're wrong if there has been a bid Glaston, I reckon he'd be first choice
Yup, which is why it would be a strange move for him, I read Stoke and Sunderland were interested as well
Obviously, Stoke want a starting GK as they were interested in James, this could be a better move for them, and Sunderland, not sure how long Gordon is injured for
I strongly doubt that.
Gomes has improved hugely after his shaky start in the first half of last season. He is now currently on a run of 6 clean sheets in a row.
Gomes would clearly remain as 1st choice - there's no question about it.
Foster at a smaller club will do the business I reckon, less pressure and lower expectations.
Strange, Gomez has been excellent over the last few months. Foster will hardly go somewhere to sit on a different bench.
He's not gunna leave United to sit on the bench for Spurs Glaston
And I should think the money we want is far more than you'd pay for someone who is intended to just provide cover
Given that Gomes stat, it's surprising you're in at all - assuming it wasn't just SSN nonsense. Sometimes you take the opportunity when it presents itself I guess
Better a number 2 than a number 3 perhaps.
The one thing about Gomez is that he's in his 30's which will give a guy like Foster chances.
It'd be a mistake to drop Gomes for Foster, then again Harry Redknapp isn't perfect.
That's not an issue though. VDS is far older than Gomez so you'd assume that Foster would get more opportunity here. It would appear that SAF has decided that Foster doesn't quite have the right mentality to be a top keeper here.
I admire the fact that Foster hasn't made too much noise about not getting game. It's clear he wasn't up to the mark when he did get the chance, but for someone who was being touted as a #1 he has handled his fall from grace with a good deal of humility.
I'm not sure if he will ever be good enough for us, it's not his ability, but his mentality I question and I have a feeling the pressure of playing for United will inevitably bring out the "calamity james' in him.
Not sure if we should sell him though. He may yet have time on his hands and perhaps a good loan spell at a lesser club might help boost confidence. From a self serving point of view selling him now when his stock is at its lowest won't help our finances either.
I'm not sure if he will ever be good enough for us, it's not his ability, but his mentality I question and I have a feeling the pressure of playing for United will inevitably bring out the "calamity james' in him.
Not sure if we should sell him though. He may yet have time on his hands and perhaps a good loan spell at a lesser club might help boost confidence. From a self serving point of view selling him now when his stock is at its lowest won't help our finances either.
Yeah but if Van der Sar does get absent, there's Kuszczak in his way too. Foster would be bound to displace Alnwick and Walker I'd imagine and Cudicini is a long way off a return and is in the twilight of his career himself. So a loan until the end of the season may make sense. As I said he'd get more games as a number 2 than a number 3 goalkeeper.
As I say Redknapp can make some strange decisions, maybe he sees Foster as better than Gomes.
Well Ben's a couple of games short of the tally for getting a league medal at the club. If United do win the league, we could see all three keepers getting one. I think that's unpresidented.
Possibly, fancy he will make the move in the next couple of days
Gomes is 28 - so has plenty of years ahead of him.
No doubt.
He's already shown he can hack it at a mid to lower table Premier League club.
I'm far from convinced Redknapp trusts Gomes. He had signed Cudicini in a bid to bench him and that failed. Now he is linked with Foster and James...
Oh Merde ... he'd be warming the bench then. Tottenham do have a very strong reserve side or at least usually did.... erm.
If he can trust Gareth Bale to fill in for Assou-Ekotto
he can trust Gomes. 
He should trust Gomes. For the fella is good enough. But his constant looking at other keepers shows he doesn't.If he can trust Gareth Bale to fill in for Assou-Ekotto
Just because bids are reported in the media, it doesn't mean the reports are true:
"Redknapp is in the dark about talk that suggests Spurs have lodged a bid for Foster.
'I have no idea where this story has come from because we have never made an offer for Ben Foster, let alone had one rejected,' said Redknapp.
'He is an England goalkeeper and I cannot see him going somewhere as a number two anyway.'"
Sky Sports | Football | Premier League | News | Redknapp - No Foster bid
Cudicini is out for the season - so it'd hardly be a big surprise if Spurs signed another GK would it? However, I've seen no evidence that Gomes is not firmly in possession of the No. 1 spot: Cudicini had a short-ish run when Gomes got injured, but once fit he soon took over again.
I talked of interest not bids. Don't put words in my mouth.
Firstly, Harry bought Cudicini thinking he'd beat Gomes to the numebr one jersey. It never worked out that way.
Secondly, Redknapp would never be interested in the likes of James if he wanted a back up keeper.
Hmm maybe they meant the San Antonio Spurs ...
I agree on Gomes, short of a world class goalkeeper like Buffon shocking the world by expressing his undying love for Tottenham, buying out his contract and joining Spurs on a free, I would severely doubt Spurs would be signing a replacement number 1 for Gomes this January. Gomes is a very underrated consistent keeper.
With four of England's goalkeepers are in a relegation fight and one has been relegated himself to third place at his club, only Joe Hart seems to be the media's one saviour.
The press have given up on Foster becoming number 1 at Manchester United, so they've been looking at top 10 clubs willing to sign him... they went for the club with the highest place English manager.
OK. But aren't all the reports of "interest" just that - media reports? Why should any of them be any more believable than the supposed bid for Foster?
In any case, and as I've already said, Cudicini is out for the season. So if Spurs are looking for another GK why is that surprising or to be taken by you as evidence that Harry doesn't rate Gomes?
The notion that Harry bought Cudicini thinking he'd beat Gomes to the No. 1 jersey has no evidence to support it.
Cudicini is an experienced and good quality GK - and he was available on a free. Spurs would have been mad not to sign him given the chance. And if Harry thought he'd not only provide cover for Gomes but also competition, then great, that's the ideal situation.
But the reality is that Gomes had an outstanding record at PSV Eindhoven, that Spurs paid 7m for him, that he's 8 years younger than Cudicini, that this season (and the 2nd half of last season) he's been in great form for Spurs now that he's settled in and adapted to the Prem, that Cudicini mostly only played for Spurs when Gomes was injured and that Gomes took back his regular spot once he'd returned to full fitness.
As for James, of course Spurs would sign him as cover if they could and if he was willing to sign as just cover (which I doubt) - it would be silly not be to be interested on that basis. But again he's knocking on in years now, he does have the knickname "calamity" for a reason, and there is no evidence that Harry would want him to replace Gomes.
Six clean sheets in a row (and counting) and a pretty decent defensive record overall for Spurs this season: all the evidence points in one direction only.
Spurs don't need a new number one. Foster doesn't need another club in which he has little chance of becoming number one.
Yup, that's about the size of it.
Look Cudicini displaced Gomes for a short while because of this competition, and Gomes was sitting on the bench. I think Red was saying that Gomes went from being a tedious number one at the time of Cudicini's arrival, to a more established one.
I do think both goalies got the flack for some terrible defending.
James is too much of a prima dona to warm the bench for anyone at club level but Portsmouth seem to need him out. we could see him drift into Sol Campbell limbo land for a while.
Stoke and Sunderland do seem to be the only Premiership clubs in goalkeeping limbo (except for maybe Portsmouth who can't do anything about it) at the moment. And that's all dependent on one keeper leaving and another not recovering.
I mean unless Redknapp's agreed a substantial fee for Gomes from a club like Chelsea ...
Report: Chelsea Target Tottenham Hotspur's Heurelho Gomes As Petr Cech Replacement - Goal.com
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I can't see the logic of them getting Foster.
Are there no overseas clubs looking at James and Foster?
Not necessarily. He may think he has a better chance of bumping the other keeper into the bench. Plus you get to negotiate a new contract, and he would get 15% of the fee if he didn't request a transfer. The bright lights of London might be appealing to him as well.
2 weeks of PIK interest serviced
get in Glazer
get in Glazer
Think we both had it right in the end Glaston
Redknapp confirmed today no bid was made, and Gomes is number one
And there's no way Foster will leave to sit on the bench elsewhere. If he goes, it'll be to play
Redknapp confirmed today no bid was made, and Gomes is number one
And there's no way Foster will leave to sit on the bench elsewhere. If he goes, it'll be to play
Seems to be resigned to the fact that he needs to leave to get first team football
Personally I've seen enough from him to think it is possible that he could make the jersey his number 1. Needs more screen-time obviously.
Before anyone flames me yes I've seen the gaffes too but they were gaffes - not to say that he is a bad keeper.
Disappointed that he is resigned to leaving rather than proving himself and fighting for his place. Perhaps he'll go out on loan.
If he does leave permanently I would hope he goes on to be a great keeper.
Tx
Before anyone flames me yes I've seen the gaffes too but they were gaffes - not to say that he is a bad keeper.
Disappointed that he is resigned to leaving rather than proving himself and fighting for his place. Perhaps he'll go out on loan.
If he does leave permanently I would hope he goes on to be a great keeper.
Tx
It's quite interesting to see Gomes from last season and this. He has erradicated the mistakes and is now one of the best in the league.
I'd like to think Foster can do the same, but I don't think he has the self belief.
I'd like to think Foster can do the same, but I don't think he has the self belief.
Like with Berbatov, his confidence is shot. Needs a different environment for the sake of his own career. Shame as he is a decent keeper but not mentally strong enough you feel.
According to the Mail, United want £6m for him.
5 million on what was paid for him.
Not a bad return given the product (England's number one....)...
he needs to go.
not good enough even for second choice.
not good enough even for second choice.
Even David 'calamity' James is more reliable...I think that says it all.
Birmingham City Set To Complete £6 Million Move for Manchester United Goalkeeper Ben Foster - Report
Manchester United have agreed to sell goalkeeper Ben Foster to Birmingham City for £6 million.
The two clubs negotiated the fee this weekend and the 27-year-old will move to Birmingham where he will see some regular first-team football next season.
United with receive £4million up front and the rest of the money to be paid will be determined by Foster’s performance and the amount of international appearances he earns for England, according to the Daily Mail.
Foster was stuck behind United number one Edwin van der Sar this season and made only nine Premier League starts for the Red Devils.
With United targeting Schalke’s Manuel Neuer and Hugo Lloris of Lyon, Foster believes that his days at Old Trafford are over, bidding his team-mates farewell at Carrington this weekend.
Birmingham City Set To Complete £6 Million Move for Manchester United Goalkeeper Ben Foster - Report - Goal.com
Manchester United have agreed to sell goalkeeper Ben Foster to Birmingham City for £6 million.
The two clubs negotiated the fee this weekend and the 27-year-old will move to Birmingham where he will see some regular first-team football next season.
United with receive £4million up front and the rest of the money to be paid will be determined by Foster’s performance and the amount of international appearances he earns for England, according to the Daily Mail.
Foster was stuck behind United number one Edwin van der Sar this season and made only nine Premier League starts for the Red Devils.
With United targeting Schalke’s Manuel Neuer and Hugo Lloris of Lyon, Foster believes that his days at Old Trafford are over, bidding his team-mates farewell at Carrington this weekend.
Birmingham City Set To Complete £6 Million Move for Manchester United Goalkeeper Ben Foster - Report - Goal.com
Good money if we can get it. He is making mental mistakes even at the Ressies .. not collecting crosses at corners etc. He will be like a Howard -- we will wonder why we even sold him when he is at the Brummies next season.
But when we look back... we will remember.
But when we look back... we will remember.