Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario underwent hernia surgery after the Nottingham Forest defeat.
Tottenham Hotspur entered the March international break in the worst possible manner, losing 3-0 to relegation rivals Nottingham Forest at home. It sucked up all the momentum that was built on the back of positive displays against Liverpool and Atletico Madrid.
Before the Nottingham Forest game, Spurs were dealt a big injury setback. As it has often been the case this season, a player or two have dropped out when there have been members of the first-team squad returning from injury problems.
Lucas Bergvall and Destiny Udogie returned to the Spurs squad against Atletico Madrid in the return leg in north London last week after overcoming their injury problems. And a couple of days later, the club officially confirmed that Guglielmo Vicario will undergo hernia operation after the Forest fixture. The Italian international endured a poor outing in goal, conceding three in a chastening Sunday afternoon for Tottenham.
Guglielmo Vicario joins the Italy squad after undergoing hernia surgery
On Monday, Guglielmo Vicario underwent a successful hernia surgery and updated his fans with a message on his Instagram story that read: “See you soon”.
The Tottenham goalkeeper was not selected for the Italy squad for the World Cup play-off after being forced to undergo hernia operation. Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso has called Elia Caprile, Alex Meret and Marco Carnesecchi, as well as captain Gianluigi Donnarumma, for the upcoming World Cup play-off against Northern Ireland. If Italy beat Northern Ireland on March 26, they will face either Wales or Bosnia and Herzegovina away on March 31 in the final.
Now, according to Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, Vicario has joined up with his Italy teammates at their training camp ahead of the pivotal World Cup play-off campaign.
From London, he took a private flight over to Italy on Wednesday evening and will stay with the Italy squad for the rest of the international break. The 29-year-old has followed Dejan Kulusevski’s lead in dropping in on his international teammates to motivate the squad.
Spurs felt this extended international break would be the right time for Vicario to go under the knife. Tottenham are not in action until April 12 due to their early elimination from the FA Cup. The Lilywhites resume their Premier League duties against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on April 12, so our goalkeeper will get three weeks to rest and recuperate from his surgery.
The Italian custodian is anyway set to miss the games against Sunderland and Brighton. He could be touch-and-go for the away game at Wolves on April 25, depending on his recovery and rehabilitation. In Vicario’s absence, Antonin Kinsky should start between the sticks and try to redeem himself from the horrors against Atletico in Madrid.