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Foster: Not for sale

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Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has ruled out the possibility of letting Ben Foster leave the club.

Foster has revealed his frustration at being down the pecking order at Old Trafford, whilst on international duty with England.

Indeed Foster started for The Three Lions against Brazil, but he will again be on the bench this weekend as United face Everton.

Foster has been linked with a move to Tottenham amongst others, but Ferguson insists he is going nowhere.

"He is definitely staying here," said Ferguson.

"He has had a couple of bad mistakes in games but his performance level has been very good. He will be a terrific goalkeeper. So will Tomasz Kuszczak.

"They are good goalkeepers they just have the problem that they have Edwin van der Sar in front of them.

"Ben is a strong lad. Without doubt he is England's best goalkeeper.

"Without question he has the best presence and he is the quickest. He is also very brave.

"But for a lad of 26 he has not had much game experience. That is the negative part for him and that is where maybe it will cost him his England position at the moment.

"However, I am not protecting the lad because he is my goalkeeper but when I look at the abilities of the goalkeepers in the league who are English, I don't

think they are as good as Ben Foster. It is as simple as that."