Ben Foster reveals the EXACT moment he knew it was time to retire after ex-Man United keeper quit Wrexham

Ben Foster has revealed the precise moment he realised it was time to retire from professional football.

The former England and Manchester United goalkeeper, 40, hung up his gloves last month, just 10 weeks into a one-year contract with League Two club Wrexham.

It came after Foster let in five goals against each of MK Dons and Swindon Town as the Welsh club made a rocky start to their EFL return.

Foster, speaking on his Fozcast show, appears to pinpoint Dan Kemp's goal to put Swindon 3-1 ahead in the 5-5 draw between the sides at the Racecourse Ground on August 19.

He said: 'Back in the day when I was playing, in my mid-30s, I would have looked back at them and gone 'should have done better there, I know I could have done better there.'

'These goals were going in and I'm thinking, 'I couldn't have done any better there because I couldn't move any quicker.'

'There was one, in that final game I played against Swindon. The guy got it out of his feet and he took a shot from about 22 yards and he bent it round into the corner.

'As he got the ball out of his feet, normally what happens is I know he's putting it in the corner to my right-hand side. I know it, I can read it like a book.

'I couldn't even read it like a book. Honestly, it is mad, I can't explain it to you.

'I just didn't have that nous, it had gone a bit. I couldn't read it. I knew he was putting it in the corner but I didn't get the little steps in to make sure I knew I could save it.'

Asked if that kind of save would have been muscle memory in years gone by, Foster said: 'Yes, I just did it. I wouldn't even have to think about doing it before, honestly, I would just do it.

'I would just take the little steps to know that I'd covered it off so even if he put it off the