Ben Foster has only just joined Birmingham City from Man United but he has already had his say on this campaign. He believes that it could affect the players on the pitch. He has also taken what could be considered as a parting swipe aimed at the United fans.
“There's maybe too much made of it by the supporters. They are obviously passionate about Manchester United, but sometimes they need to focus on supporting the club a bit more than getting carried away with the technicalities of who's in charge.
“Personally, I think the Glazers have always put money in to Manchester United to buy players when needed.
Having said that, I don't think the manager needs to buy too many players there anyway. They have a lot of good youngsters coming through the ranks.”
“However, it's a bit of a distraction when the fans are chanting at every game.”
The Green and Gold campaign is all about making an impact, the chanting and the scarves is getting the campaign media attention.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, I get what Foster is saying, it might affect the players but the Glazers have to go! The club is in over £700 million worth of debt and it’s only going to get worse and something has to be done about it. The fans are only doing what they can to save their club.
It was the comments that followed that surprised me. Most United fans have backed Foster and to come out with something that sounds like a swipe is a shame.
Foster went on to say that he is looking forward to playing in front of the Birmingham fans, who will support the team.
“They are fans who are always going to get behind the team and it is nice to know I am joining a club like that.
“They are not the kind of supporters who boo the team off.
‘“At the bigger teams some fans expect too much sometimes.
“Whereas at Birmingham the fans are very happy to be involved in the Premier League.”
It could of course have come across totally wrong and he didn’t mean it like that at all.
united are the best they only need someone to partner rooney and they cant kill any side