Ka-ching! Bafana's Foster on being SA's most expensive player: 'I try not to think about it'

Bafana Bafana forward Lyle Foster is paying no mind to the huge price tag attached to his name after joining English side Burnley.

The 22-year-old was handpicked by legendary Manchester City defender and current Burnley coach Vincent Kompany to join the Turf Moor side in the January transfer window.

The former Orlando Pirates attacker penned a four-year deal with Burnley, hoping to increase the club's chances of promotion from the Championship to the Premier League.

Foster jumped from Belgium's Westerloo for a fee to rise up to the region of €10 million (R187 million), with a base fee set at €7 million (R131 million), making him the most expensive South African player, overtaking legendary Bafana striker Benni McCarthy.

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"I'm still pinching myself. I'm just very happy at the moment [and] very grateful for everything that's happening in my life," he told reports on Monday in Johannesburg.

"I can speak for hours about how grateful I am, but I think I need to shift my focus now to the game on Friday and Tuesday and just very excited to be back home."

Foster is in the 23-man Bafana squad set for duty in the next two weeks as the national team prepares for crucial home and away Africa Cup of Nation qualifiers against Liberia.

"Being South Africa's most expensive player, I try not to think about it too much, to be honest. I just want to play football and enjoy it.

"[I'm] happy to be in the UK and hopefully, I can have a long and fruitful career there and just continue working hard and try my best as possible to go as far as I can."

Now that the move is behind him and he is settled in the United Kingdom, Foster has another target he is gunning for – he wants