Dave Watson

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Fozcast - The Ben Foster Podcast · Things Players Didn't Know About Football... · 21 May 2026 podcast

So a bit of context.

When Xabi Alonso has gone into his meeting at Chelsea and they go, who are you bringing with you?

And he goes, I'm bringing in this guy, that guy, that guy and that guy.

And they go, right, well, who takes care of this then?

Salaries, negotiations?

And you told the manager to fuck off because he was lowballing you?

These are the pressures of it.

So it's director of football type, technical director.

So we're saying basically then a manager, generally speaking, obviously it's not one size fits all, but it will be, they'll get a budget for their coaching staff.

What happens, Ben, when you are in a situation where you've got a GK coach, love him, everything else, and maybe he's a club appointment or from the previous manager, and then a new manager comes in and goes, I'm bringing in my goalie coach.

Oh,

You're the senior goalie and you go, well, no, he works for me.

Has that ever been an issue for you?

No, it's never been an issue for me.

Or is it just life?

Well, he's working, the reality is he's working with a maximum of, what, four goalkeepers, right?

Whereas a head coach, an assistant coach, whatever it may be, they're working with a squad of, you know, up to 30 players, let's say.

Yeah, they are, yeah.

So it's a very, I guess there's a bigger relationship element to it.

So in contracts now, particularly managers' contracts now, whenever you see a manager get the bullet, automatically on every social media page, he's going to get £17 million.

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