‘He was fined’: Englishman who wants move to Arsenal slammed for YouTube vlogs

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Soon-to-be free agent Ben Foster recently expressed that he would ‘love’ to sign for Arsenal this summer as a back-up goalkeeper.

The 39-year-old might get his wish at Arsenal because Bernd Leno is heading for the exit door, with Aaron Ramsdale remaining as the club’s undisputed number one and now needing cover.

Arsenal’s training ground is right next to Watford’s – Foster’s contract at the relegated side expires this month and the Englishman has struck up a friendship with Ramsdale.

Either way, if Foster dons the Arsenal colours, or anyone else’s for that matter, then he might have to discuss with the club about being able to make vlogs – on his Cycling GK YouTube channel.

When football went into lockdown, and was then played behind closed doors, Foster started to vlog Watford’s matches – their promotion to the Premier League.

From showcasing footage in-game of penalty saves to chest cams, on-field chat with the players to what happens during training.

It was there for all to see, but now that Foster is leaving Watford, he has been heavily criticised for his vlogging by Watford chairman Scott Duxbury.

Duxbury told the Watford Observer that it was ‘disappointing’ to see Foster vlog games, as he shared that he was told to stop filming this season, but when he continued to do so, he was then ‘fined’ by the club.

“I’ll say I think some of the videos were disappointing,” says Duxbury. “Our sporting director, Cristiano Giaretta, met with Ben and asked him to stop. He promised he would, but he didn’t. He was fined.

“We want a culture of excellence at Watford. Those videos were not that. I wanted to say publicly at the time that the videos were utterly wrong and we had fined the player and asked him to stop, but it just wasn’t something I could do.

“In future, player contracts will have clauses in them to make it clear that sort of behaviour will not be permitted.”

It probably doesn’t help matters that the Hornets got relegated and they just couldn’t stop losing game after game, especially on home soil, so perhaps the former England international should have taken the hint.

But if Foster wants to continue his vlogging at his next club, then he has to make sure those who pay him give him the nod, else he won’t be able to put up any content.