Tottenham manager Igor Tudor has decided not to drop Guglielmo Vicario for Spurs' clash with Crystal Palace as he seeks his maiden Premier League victory. The Croatian was reported to be turning toward back-up Antonin Kinsky.
Vicario has faced mounting criticism as the Lilywhites find themselves embroiled in a Premier League relegation scrap, with one blunder from a free kick even being singled out by a Premier League social media account. It has subsequently been removed following a complaint from Spurs.
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Meanwhile, Kinsky has not featured in a competitive fixture since October. He was reportedly set to be charged with protecting the goal for a Tottenham outfit desperate for victory after West Ham and Nottingham Forest narrowed the gap to them to just a single point, according to The Sun.
Vicario has featured in every Premier League minute this campaign but has shipped two or more goals in each of his previous eight matches in the division. Kinsky made six top-flight appearances last term.
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The 22-year-old has turned out twice in 2025/26 against Doncaster and Newcastle in the Carabao Cup.
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Tudor's call would have removed Vicario from the spotlight after criticism of him reached its peak with the Premier League's ridicule. The Italian has committed errors with both hands and feet this season before his wayward free kick came under fire.
Spurs believed such mockery or 'banter' ought not to have originated from an official league account. Tudor condemned the division's original decision during his press conference.
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"I'm sure they are aware of the mistake they made and they will not do in the future," stated the Tottenham boss. "Not nice, not nice. Vicario is a fantastic guy, a fantastic player. I spoke with him. He's OK. It's part of the job, with the social media.
"For sure it is not good, but we are living in an era of information. Every day, hundreds of new information bombarding these players.
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"They need to be strong. They need to accept. For sure when I was a player I lived in a better world from that point of view. You could have your life as normal. Now there are two lives. One here and one in this (picks up phone) which is sometimes not too easy to manage, for them, for the young people they are.
"So they need to be very informed, very aware, to pay attention and try to stay as much as possible in the real world."