Tottenham are safely through to the last 16 of the Champions League after a 2-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt.
Despite the brilliance of the team in the Champions League, there are doubts over Thomas Frank’s ability to get Spurs firing in the Premier League.
Tottenham are down in 14th place with a mammoth run of fixtures coming up that could throw Spurs closer to the relegation zone, if positive results aren’t obtained.
One doubt that often gets thrown at Tottenham is their defensive prowess and goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario seems to be constantly in the spotlight.
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One pundit believes in the long-term, Tottenham might have their eye on another Premier League stopper to come to the club and replace him.
Tottenham tipped to sign Robin Roefs
Sunderland goalkeeper Roefs has enjoyed a very strong start to life in England, helping the Black Cats enjoy a solid season back in the Premier League.
His brilliance isn’t escaping the attention of other clubs, and TalkSPORT transfer guru Alex Crook thinks Tottenham could target him to replace Vicario.
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He said on the Transfer Insiders podcast: “I think Tottenham just feel that he’s made too many errors to see him as their long-term number one. There’s interest from Inter Milan. I think he will be open to going back to Italy.
“So yeah, not for this window, I don’t think, but certainly come the summer, Robin Roefs and Tottenham could be one that starts to gather momentum. I think Sunderland would want a lot more than they paid for him. He’s got a long-term contract there, but I can see the attraction when it comes to Tottenham and Robin Roefs.”
Roefs would welcome Tottenham move
Although Sunderland are having a quality season this time around, there is no saying that they will maintain that into next season when the big hitters should get stronger.
Roefs only signed for Sunderland in the summer, joining from NEC Nijmegen but it’s likely that he’d jump at the chance to join Tottenham next season.
The caveat could come should Sunderland get in Europe and Tottenham miss out, but he’s exactly the sort of goalkeeper that Spurs should be targeting.
At 23, he could theoretically become the club’s goalkeeper for the next 10 years, and that is exactly the kind of planning that Tottenham fans want to see the club do.