Ben Foster lists his ten greatest goalkeepers in the Premier League era
Ben Foster has ranked his ten greatest goalkeepers in the history of the Premier League, and his order may be controversial to some football followers.
The 40-year-old had 15 years of experience as a top-flight shot-stopper in English football, with Manchester United, Watford, Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion.
Since leaving professional football behind with retirement earlier this year, Foster has been focusing on The Fozcast, where he revealed his list of the greatest goalkeepers of the Premier League era, and he admitted 'I'm pretty sure there will be a few people who are not quite so happy' with his selections.
Petr Cech holds the Premier League record for clean sheets, with 207, so it is perhaps no surprise that the former Chelsea and Arsenal goalkeeper was selected as the number one goalkeeper on Foster's list.
But some eyebrows might be raised with the England international's decision to put the new guard of shot-stoppers ahead of historic Premier League royalty like Peter Schmeichel and David Seaman.
Liverpool's Alisson Becker was selected as Foster's second greatest Premier League goalkeeper of all time, ahead of Manchester City's Ederson, despite the latter having 108 clean sheets to Alisson's 84 so far.
With both Brazilian goalkeepers in the peak of their careers, they will hope to continue their promising starts in English football, which have already placed them above Denmark's Peter Schmeichel. The Man United legend is fourth on Foster's list.
Another Red Devil rounds off Foster's top five, with Edwin van der Sar making the higher reaches for his colossal 136 clean sheets in 313 Premier League games, putting him equal seventh in the all-time list of clean sheets.
Arsenal's David Seaman earned 145 clean
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