He was supremely athletic, his tackling was clean, his passing was often inventive and, as his career wore on, he started adding more goals to his game, notably a stunner for Manchester City at Maine Road the last goal scored in the famous old ground.
Foe was so good that, in 1998, he was wanted by Manchester United, potentially as an upgrade on Nicky Butt, to offer support for Roy Keane and Paul Scholes in the heart of the park.
It’s tantalising to imagine what might have been had Lens not rejected a £3 million offer from the Red Devils and had Foe joined a side that was on the brink of winning the treble.