[Baggie Artist]

If he doesn't go to us I think he'll stay at Birmingham, most PL teams are sorted for keepers now.

[tuamigos]

It is true. Why let Carson go for just over a million and then buy Foster for £6m.
Foster is no way 6 times the goalkeeper that Carson is. They're about the same IMO - good shot stoppers but susceptible everywhere else.

Re-sale value.
I think it speaks volumes of how low Carsons stock must have dropped when we sold him for £1.5m to a Turkish Club, I'm not sure why a British Club didn't offer more money for him.

[Northfield-Baggie]

Albion set to unveil Foster and Gera



Albion are set to unveil the signings of fans’ favourite Zoltan Gera and England international Ben Foster at a press conference later this afternoon.

Former midfielder Gera signs on a Bosman transfer following his release from Fulham with Foster believed to have signed in the region of £6 million.

The capture of Foster will break the club’s record transfer fee – and also explains the decision to pull out of the David Vaughan deal.

Baggies boss Roy Hodgson has been after a new goalkeeper since last season’s first-choice Scott Carson was sold for £1.5 million to Turkish outfit Bursaspor.

Foster, a former Stoke and Manchester United goalkeeper, stared for Birmingham City last season – despite their relegation – and helped the Blues win their first major trophy, winning the man of the match award in the process.

Gera ends a three-year exile from The Hawthorns after he decided to leave the club and join Fulham on a free transfer. During his first spell at the club, he made 117 appearances in all competitions, plus 38 from the subs bench, scoring 25 times.

Both players will now travel with the rest of the squad to Albion’s tour of America.

http://www.westbromwichalbion-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/albion_set_to_unveil_foster_and_gera_685536/index.shtml

[Hayward1984]

Doubt the accuracy of that personally.

[addy]

Doubt the accuracy of that personally.

I think its name sums it up, WBA & Mad.

[Dan]

They're just adding 2 and 2 and getting -697583727 from the CL tweet earlier. That and generating hits for their website, seemingly successfully.

[B_H_Baggie]

Discussed on the previous page, it is a ridiculous piece put together by someone who has made a couple of massive assumptions based on very little information. 

[AidantheBaggies]

I cant see him coming to us anyway, one i dont think we would pay the fee Blues want for him and 2, he earns big wages.

I am still convinced we will Sign Rob Green.

[leeiswba]

How ridiculous is that! Tom Ross has confirmed its a press conference for Mcauley and Jones.

[DudleyDan]

I can't agree with that  Football transfer fees do not work like that and Foster was Blues' player of the season and fan's goal keeper of the season over Joe Hart. Foster saved Blues a disgusting number of points last season!

He was still a goalkeeper of a relegated team so he can't be all that great especially playing behind the "great" Roger Johnson and Scott Dann...

In the two games we played against them (and scoring 6 goals) I can't remember him making a save of any note.

[dinkydave2003]

The capture of Foster will break the club’s record transfer fee – and also explains the decision to pull out of the David Vaughan deal.

what a load of rubbish!! even if this article was for real, how would the signing of a goalkeeper infulence the signing of a midfielder!!

[Mossi28]

He was still a goalkeeper of a relegated team so he can't be all that great especially playing behind the "great" Roger Johnson and Scott Dann...

In the two games we played against them (and scoring 6 goals) I can't remember him making a save of any note.

I don't believe that blues got relegated last season because of their defence I think the reason that they actually went down was the lack of goals and Mcleish playing 4-5-1 with Jerome up front every week

[monkey nuts]

The capture of Foster will break the club’s record transfer fee – and also explains the decision to pull out of the David Vaughan deal.

what a load of rubbish!! even if this article was for real, how would the signing of a goalkeeper infulence the signing of a midfielder!!

because we did to use the funds for Vaughan to pay the extra needed for a good keeper and striker

[B_H_Baggie]

The capture of Foster will break the club’s record transfer fee – and also explains the decision to pull out of the David Vaughan deal.

what a load of rubbish!! even if this article was for real, how would the signing of a goalkeeper infulence the signing of a midfielder!!

The money that we would have used on him gets put towards a deal for Foster instead, that part is believable but the majority of it is pure tripe.

[dinkydave2003]

because we did to use the funds for Vaughan to pay the extra needed for a good keeper and striker

i dont buy that sorry, we pulled out of the vaughn deal to save face.
if we knew we were needing a GK / Striker why even look at vaughn in the first place??
vaughn was costing us nothing other than a signing on fee and wages

[Northfield-Baggie]

Truth is, noone knows what money has been put where for signings. We will just have to wait and see 

[dinkydave2003]

The money that we would have used on him gets put towards a deal for Foster instead, that part is believable but the majority of it is pure tripe.

we were still in for vaughan when we offered 3m and 40k a week for shay given!!
we were willing to offer 4m for boeteng
the vaughan thing is nothing to do with any potential transfer for foster, the money is there

[monkey nuts]

we were still in for vaughan when we offered 3m and 40k a week for shay given!!
we were willing to offer 4m for boeteng
the vaughan thing is nothing to do with any potential transfer for foster, the money is there

the point is Foster may cost us 6mill and 40k per week so the extra 3mill which would have been used on Vaughan can go to the Foster package

and it was only paper talk about Boetang nothing more

[Northfield-Baggie]

Don't forget the Valero money too.

[B_H_Baggie]

we were still in for vaughan when we offered 3m and 40k a week for shay given!!
we were willing to offer 4m for boeteng
the vaughan thing is nothing to do with any potential transfer for foster, the money is there

The Boateng talk was just that, talk. There was never anything in it. Where do you think the extra money was going to come from for the extra £3m+ on the fee for Foster?

[B_H_Baggie]

Don't forget the Valero money too.

The Valero money will most likely have been accounted for.

[tucka9]

Anyone heard that we have had a £5 million bid plus Ishmael Miller rejected by blues for Foster.

[Mulumbu99]

Anyone heard that we have had a £5 million bid plus Ishmael Miller rejected by bues for Foster.

there's loads of rumours going around. latest i've heard is 12m + miller + myhill + mozza for foster & johnson

[Dan]

I doubt it to be honest, part exchanges usually signify them being made up. How many players do you see sell for part exchange at all, let alone us. Its something that happens very rarely but is heavily rumoured a lot.

[BAGGIES4LIFE]

What gets me is - are we really having a press conference to unveil 2 freebie chamionship players who signed a month ago??? - OK if we were Hereford United but.........