{"id":427851,"date":"2011-05-21T11:16:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-21T11:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/21\/aston-villa-set-to-bid-for-birmingham-goalkeeper-ben-foster-%e2%80%93-report\/"},"modified":"2011-05-21T11:16:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-21T11:16:00","slug":"aston-villa-set-to-bid-for-birmingham-goalkeeper-ben-foster-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/21\/aston-villa-set-to-bid-for-birmingham-goalkeeper-ben-foster-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa set to bid for Birmingham goalkeeper Ben Foster \u2013 report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h4>21 May 2011 12:16:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"73.4014039566\">\n<div>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"3.38053097345\"><em>For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2559\/rumours\/archive\/1\">here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/95\/aston-villa\">Aston Villa<\/a> are set to bid for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/13424\/benjamin-foster\">Ben Foster<\/a> this summer if their city rivals \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/103\/birmingham-city\">Birmingham<\/a> &#8211; are relegated this weekend, according to <em>The Express<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Brad Friedel is set to leave Villa Park at the end of the season when his contract expires, and the Villans have identified Birmingham\u2019s player of the year as a \u00a310 million target to replace the veteran American.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Friedel, now 40, has been a top performer in recent years for Aston Villa though he is due to leave at the end of term, with a queue of clubs ready to offer him a lucrative deal away from Villa Park.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Foster has been outstanding for Birmingham since moving from Old Trafford last season though relegation for Alex McLeish\u2019s side could force the goalkeeper to move on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If Aston Villa are to bid for Foster this summer they could face stiff competition from Tottenham &#8211; who are reportedly in the market for a new goalkeeper after some high profile errors from Heurelho Gomes this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Birmingham would be reluctant to sell their star-man to their bitter rivals, although player transfers between the city&#8217;s two clubs are certainly not unprecedented &#8211; as the moves of Craig Gardner, Curtis Davies and Liam Ridgewell in recent years confirm.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Go here to see the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/21\/2496550\/aston-villa-set-to-bid-for-birmingham-goalkeeper-ben-foster\" title=\"Aston Villa set to bid for Birmingham goalkeeper Ben Foster \u2013 report\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aston Villa set to bid for Birmingham goalkeeper Ben Foster \u2013 report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 21 May 2011 12:16:00 Related Links Teams Players For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here Aston Villa are set to bid for Ben Foster this summer if their city rivals \u2013 Birmingham &#8211; are relegated this weekend, according to The Express . Brad Friedel is set to leave Villa Park at the end of the season when his contract expires, and the Villans have identified Birmingham\u2019s player of the year as a \u00a310 million target to replace the veteran American. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":423497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-427851","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Aston Villa set to bid for Birmingham goalkeeper Ben Foster \u2013 report - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/21\/aston-villa-set-to-bid-for-birmingham-goalkeeper-ben-foster-report\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Aston Villa set to bid for Birmingham goalkeeper Ben Foster \u2013 report - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"21 May 2011 12:16:00 Related Links Teams Players For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here Aston Villa are set to bid for Ben Foster this summer if their city rivals \u2013 Birmingham - are relegated this weekend, according to The Express . 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