Tottenham Hotspur are closing in on a move for Slavia Prague goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky, according to a report.
Kinsky, the son of the former Czech national team goalkeeper of the same name, followed in his father’s footsteps by coming to Dukla from Prague. Slavia snapped up the promising keeper when he was still a teenager in 2021 for around £130,000. After several loan spells in the Czech football pyramid, Kinsky was promoted to the undisputed number one of the first division this season.
He can boast of experience in European leaguethe 6’3 goalkeeper received his first call-up to the senior national team in October – although he is still waiting for his debut.
Negotiations between Spurs and Slavia regarding the 21-year-old stopper are extremely quiet. The news broke only on Saturday morning when the Czech publication inFootball revealed that Kinsky was in London and would undergo a medical after his inevitable employers host Newcastle United at the beginning of lunch.
Ange Postecoglou he was forced to use third-choice goalkeeper Brandon Austin for that league game. The Hertfordshire-born former England Under-21 international has been called up to make his senior Tottenham debut nine years after joining the club following injuries to his first and second team numbers.
First goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario broke his ankle during the 4-0 defeat to Manchester City in November. Having played most of the competition with this broken bone, the Italian will be out until April at the earliest. Veteran alternative Fraser Forster was deployed in Vicario’s absence until he was dropped with bug disease who ravaged the squad this week.
Even if Forster recovers, Kinsky could be thrust into action soon after his arrival. There was a verbal agreement between all parties, it said Fabrizio Romanoand the club are “on the threshold” of realizing this much-needed transfer.
This injury-riddled iteration of hosts Tottenham Liverpool in the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final on Wednesday before they travel to fifth-tier Tamworth in the third round of the FA Cup next weekend.
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