Tottenham Hotspur have so many young players breaking through in the 2025/26 season, and after adding Xavi Simons and Mohammed Kudus to the mix this summer transfer window, it's difficult to find minutes for everyone.
Pape Matar Sarr, Lucas Bergvall, Brennan Johnson, Archie Gray, Mathys Tel, and Wilson Odobert are a handful of young players fighting for regular minutes around the main stars of the team, and all of them have the potential to be key players and among the best in their positions in the Premier League if all goes well with their developments.
But it's not just the outfield players worth keeping an eye on. Tottenham fans have been increasingly banging the table for young Antonin Kinsky to get some starts, as the 22-year-old Czech shot-stopper has impressed whenever he's been given starts in cup games for Spurs.
Kinsky's latest solid result was a clean sheet against Doncaster, and while that's not necessarily the biggest test, the composure he brings to the table is highly impressive, along with the raw skills he has.
Guglielmo Vicario is good, not great
Tottenham starter Guglielmo Vicario is someone with a lot of raw ability in terms of reflexes and shot-stopping, but Spurs fans have grown increasingly discontented with his mistakes. He drops the ball a lot, his handling overall is poor, he flails at crosses, and his distribution and security on the ball are both below what you'd expect from an otherwise good goalkeeper.
Vicario is a good goalkeeper, and his issues are often exaggerated. But even though he's prevented 1.8 more goals than expected above an average goalkeeper this season in the Premier League, his average of 0.30 goals prevented per 90 in league play would be erased by an overlay of his negative 0.40 goals above expected allowed in the Champions League.
Tottenham do need to play Kinsky more often, but it's not just about Vicario. At 28, Vicario can still be a good goalkeeper for Spurs over the next five years, but at 22, Kinsky is someone who can potentially be world-class for a decade. If he's playing this well in limited minutes at 22, then imagine what Kinsky could do with regular time and what he could become when he is in his prime at 28.
Vicario is good, but he's too flawed to be great. Because he's not a world-class goalkeeper, he's not so good that Tottenham can't afford to play Kinsky, too, and see what they have in Kinsky. Because there's a legitimate chance that Kinsky ends up being even better than Vicario, and while that's not really a slight on Vicario, Tottenham do owe Kinsky - and the club itself - a real chance to see if the Czech international can be the guy long-term. And sometimes, long-term isn't as far away as people think.