Tottenham Hotspur are set to say goodbye to another one of their first-team stars after reports emerged on Monday morning that a deal had been agreed with Juventus for the sale of goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario.
The Italian keeper has long been linked with a move away from the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with the 29-year-old keen on a move back to his homeland.
Inter Milan were linked, but it is Juventus who appear to have won the race, just hours after the Old Lady saw a move to sign Aston Villa keeper Emiliano Martinez collapse when nearing agreement. Juve had made a bid of around €10million for Martinez, with €7million fixed and €3million in add-ons.
Vicario could yet make a return to Tottenham despite Juve agreement
However, after that move fell through, the Italian giants quickly turned their attentions back to Vicario, whom they had been linked with earlier in the window and according to Italian football journalist Gianluca di Marzio, Juve have now reached an agreement with Spurs over a move to sign the Italian, with the deal set to be a loan with an option to buy at the end of the season. There will not be an obligation to make the deal permanent, according to Di Marzio, meaning Vicario could return to N17 next summer.
Vicario will be the 12th player to leave Tottenham this summer, with De Zerbi clearing the decks in regard to the squad he inherited from the beleaguered Igor Tudor.
Tottenham departures this summer: Vuskovic (Brighton, £52m), Romero (Atletico Madrid, £34.2m), Spence (Inter Milan, £30m), Lankshear (Middlesbrough, £10m), Veliz (Bahia, £7.8m), Phillips (Middlesbrough, £7m), Devine (Preston, £6m), Solomon (West Ham, £5m), Dragusin (Fiorentina, loan with obligation), Yang (Westerlo, loan), Bissouma (Released), Vicario (Juventus, loan)
Vicario underwent hernia surgery when De Zerbi arrived at the club at the end of March and did not play under his compatriot, despite the new head coach saying he was the Spurs No.1.
Antonin Kinsky took over between the sticks and delivered some fine performances, made all the more impressive by what happened when he was thrown into the Champions League encounter with Atletico Madrid by Tudor, only to be hooked after 17 minutes after a couple of horrific mistakes.
And Tottenham will go into the 2026/27 campaign - which starts away at Brentford on Saturday - with Kinsky as the new No.1.