Ben Foster has spoken about the tirade from Alex Ferguson that spelled the beginning of the end of his Manchester United career.
Speaking to The Peter Crouch Podcast, Foster spoke about the 'hairdryer' treatment at the beginning of the 2009-2010 season that showed all was not well.
Ben Foster
“I started the season and did really well. Then I had a few shaky games. The one game which did it for me was the United v City derby. 4-3; the Michael Owen one," Foster said.
"I remember coming in at full-time and Sir Alex Ferguson nailed me. We had just won the game, so everyone was buzzing. He shut everyone up to nail me.
"He said, ‘You pull this s**t ever again and that’s you f***ing done’. Thankfully, he kept me in the team and I had a few more decent games, but then I dropped another clanger.
"We were at home to Sunderland. Kenwyne Jones bullied me to the ball and scored with the header. Thankfully, Patrice Evra scores a last-minute equaliser, so I’m kind of buzzing again."
That wasn't the end of the matter.
Fergie
"But nah, Fergie’s gone in at me at full time for 2-3 minutes: ‘You’re finished. You’re out. You’re in the reserves now, that’s you done’.
“Scholesy was the only person who went, ‘don’t worry about it, he does it to everyone’. Scholesy was the only one.
“I wasn’t ready for Man United at the time. It was the wrong place at the wrong time for me – I just couldn’t deal with it.”
“Nobody could ever drop their standards ever. That’s what drove them to be the best.”
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