Tottenham target responds to talk of free transfer summer switch

Tottenham goalkeeping target Ben Foster has responded to talk he could make a free transfer switch to the club this summer.

Jose Mourinho is said to have identified the Watford stopper to provide stronger back-up top number one Hugo Lloris, but Foster has said speculation is merely ‘paper talk’.

Spurs are reported to be in the market for another experienced stopper, with Mourinho not overly impressed with reserve options Paulo Gazzaniga and Michel Vorm – despite the former filling in well for Lloris at times this season.

At 36, Foster would add vast experience to Mourinho’s squad, if he was to make the switch to north London come the end of the current campaign.

The former England international has, however, suggested that he is ready to frustrate Spurs by exploring all options open to him – including possible fresh terms at Vicarage Road.

Foster told talkSPORT: “That’s complete paper talk. But, I am out of contract in the summer.

“There’s been nothing yet [a new contract offer from Watford] but it’s not something I’m really thinking about too much.

“It’s the first time in my whole career that I’ve actually been out of contract at the end of the season, and I don’t really know what to make of it.

“I’m enjoying it, not because I’m trying to leave Watford, that’s not even an option and I can categorically say I’ve had no contact from anybody else, but I think it opens your options and gives you a bit of freedom.

“I’m very laid back in generally about stuff, and if I was to start getting annoyed or frustrated about not being offered a new contract it just wouldn’t help, it wouldn’t help me.

“So it is what it is.

“I’m not trying to leave Watford, I’m very much enjoying my football, honestly – I didn’t’ come in for this!”

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