Ben Foster is not for sale, Manchester United tell Tottenham
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Sunderland and Stoke in £4m fight for Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Foster
Times up: Out of favour Foster looks destined to leave Old Trafford
Sunderland and Stoke are each considering a move for goalkeeper Ben Foster, whose time is up at Manchester United.
Premier League clubs have been alerted that the 26-year-old England World Cup hopeful — now third choice at Old Trafford behind Edwin van der Sar and Tomasz Kuszczak — is available for £4million.
Sunderland boss Steve Bruce is keen even though his Scotland No1 Craig Gordon is returning from a shoulder injury while Stoke know all about their old boy Foster, whom they sold to United for £1m.
Stoke’s move for Portsmouth keeper David James collapsed last week after Pompey insisted the loan ran until June 30.
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Just do it, sell him when he's worth something.
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4m nia? since united dun need to sell foster immediately, can lelong for higher fee, like 5-7m, since he is an england international and is still young for a goalie.
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He is a player who cannot at the big stage at Old Trafford, he has talent but is all nerves, sell him for whatever you get.
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Wow
come on sunderland go get him
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The England goalkeeper Ben Foster will be staying at Old Trafford despite Tottenham's interest. Photograph: Adam Davy/Empics Sport
Manchester United have said Ben Foster is not for sale, having fielded a discreet inquiry from Tottenham Hotspur about the England goalkeeper.
Harry Redknapp says he has not made a bid for Foster but the Tottenham manager is known to be in the market for cover in that position.
Carlo Cudicini, signed by Redknapp from Chelsea last January, is a long-term absentee with the career-threatening wrist and pelvis injuries that he suffered in a motorcycle accident in November.
Redknapp is also monitoring the progress of a clutch of promising goalkeepers: Scott Loach of Watford, Coventry City's Keiren Westwood and Joe Lewis of Peterborough United.