2025-05-11 09:30:08
Ben Foster “loved” Roy Hodgson but struggled to warm to “incredibly strict” Fabio Capello.
The 42-year-old retired goalkeeper won eight England caps under a number of different managers and he had very different experiences with each boss.
He told FourFourTwo magazine: “My first England boss was Sven-Goran Eriksson – I didn’t actually play under him, but he was such a nice guy.
“He was a quiet manager, always going about his business calmly.
“Steve McClaren handed me my debut against Spain.
“I liked Steve a lot – he got a bad reputation with the brolly incident but he was a top coach.
“Fabio Capello probably wasn’t my type of manager to be perfectly honest. He was incredibly strict and didn’t see us as individuals. It was a blanket, ‘No, you’re not doing that – like it or lump it!’
“Roy Hodgson was definitely the one for me. I loved him so much.
“He was my gaffer at West Brom and I knew him well.”
Ben will always be grateful to Roy for giving him a World Cup start.
He added: “He took me to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and even started me in the final group game against Costa Rica – I’ll forever be grateful for that.”
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