West Brom's Ben Foster: I will be a Baggie for life
Happy Ben Foster wants to see out his career at The Hawthorns – and is targeting another five seasons in the Albion goal.
The 34-year-old is enjoying a fantastic season in goal and was named player of the season by the club's disability supporters' group yesterday.
He's bounced back from a cruciate knee injury that ruled him out for the first half of last season, and confirmed he has no plans to retire anytime soon.
"Oh God, no!" he said. "I will go as long as I can, while I'm still enjoying it and while I'm fit and everything holds up.
"At the moment I've got a really good work-life balance where I haven't got to train as hard as some of the other lads in the team because of my knees.
"As long as it stays like that, they keep looking after me and I keep looking after myself I'll keep going. Another four or five years hopefully."
Foster has been at the club for six seasons, although his first campaign was on loan from Birmingham City.
He's hoping to emulate James Morrison and Chris Brunt by reaching the 10-year milestone and plans to finish playing in B71.
"Without doubt," he said. "I'm super-settled. This is my sixth season now so I would love to get to 10 years and go beyond that as well.
"It's a lovely club, it's part of me now, it's part of my family.
"The whole family are Baggies fans, it would be really nice to finish here. I've got two kids, eight and nine, they're both Baggies fans.
"It's nice to have them supporting a proper team, and not have them glory-hunting."
Leamington-born Foster spent four years at Stoke City and five years as a Manchester United player, although two of those seasons were on loan at Watford, but there's only one team he will be supporting when he eventually does retire.
"I was a Tottenham fan actually (when I was younger) so I had ups and downs," he said. "But I'm a Baggies fan now.
"When I'm retired and grey and old I'll always be a Baggies fan."
