His move from KVC Westerlo to English Championship outfit Burnley was reportedly in the region of £9 million (±R208 million) making him the most expensive South African player of all time and now Lyle Foster has weighed in on the matter.
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The likes of Steven Pienaar, Benni McCarthy, Lucas Radebe, Phil Masinga, Shaun Bartlett and Mark Fish have all featured in the English Premiership; yet none of them have been able to fetch the transfer fee that Foster has in the English Championship.
Naturally, with those meteoric figures bandied about, a lot more pressure is added to Foster's young shoulders; however, the young striker is taking it all in his stride, despite being the country's most expensive export.
"Well, for me, I think number one is to stay true to myself and stay true to who I am. I think I got to this point by doing just that and yeah, most importantly. I hear the price tag a lot and I know it's a heavy one being the most expensive South African, but I try not to focus too much on the things that I can't control and the negotiations and that sort of thing and the price and all of that," he said in an interview with SAFA.
"All I can control is my performance on the pitch and that's what I look forward to the most. What I wake up wanting to do every day, which is play football, so yeah, I'm just focused on playing football and I want to make head waves playing football by scoring goals and by showing that us South Africans can do it and hopefully we can have a lot more South Africans there as well, so that's my main focus, my main priority," he said.
Foster has been included in Hugo Broos' 23-man squad for crucial back-to-back qualifiers against Liberia and will be hoping to replicate his inspiring club form for his country starting at the Orlando Stadium this Friday.
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