There is expected to be plenty of transfer movement at Tottenham Hotspur this summer and football.london is going through each department of the squad to see what happens next
Roberto De Zerbi has a football club to rebuild this summer and that mean decisions aplenty when it comes to what his Tottenham squad will look like next season.
Spurs have already been linked with a string of incoming players such as free transfers Andy Robertson and Marcos Senesi as well as returning for another run at signing Manchester City winger Savinho. There will be further arrivals this summer with new additions to the midfield and attack expected and potentially a new face between the sticks.
To make room for those new faces, current players must depart and football.london will be running a series of articles in the coming days with our verdict on every single first team Tottenham player and whether De Zerbi will decide to keep, loan or sell them.
Let's kick things off with the men who wear the gloves and decide what comes next for Spurs' three first team senior goalkeepers.
Guglielmo Vicario
Guglielmo Vicario has played 117 games for Tottenham since arriving from Empoli in the summer of 2023 and it feels like the 29-year-old is coming to the end of his tenure at the club.
In those 117 matches, the Italian has conceded 170 goals and kept just 29 clean sheets, although the blame for that cannot be laid solely at his door as he had mostly been the goalkeeper for a club that has leaked goals from everywhere.
This season Vicario appeared in 45 matches and we later found out he had been struggling with a hernia problem for months. The Italian struggled at times, particularly with his kicking, but did make some big saves. It's worth noting that Vicario was left so exposed by those Tottenham players in front of him that he faced more shots on target than most other goalkeepers in the Premier League.
It still was a season in which he was unable to impress as much as he would like and he could be one of those who exits this summer. There is interest from clubs back home in Italy and the main worry for him would be those kicking struggles, as De Zerbi needs his goalkeepers to be calm under pressure with the ball at their feet in order to bait the press and then pinpoint in their passing.
De Zerbi has only ever spoken highly of Vicario, who found himself jeered by the fans on a couple of occasions during this campaign, but this summer feels like a natural parting point for all parties if the interest in the Italy international results in a serious bid.
Verdict: Sell
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Antonin Kinsky
Had this been written a couple of months ago then it would likely have read very differently. That's because Antonin Kinsky has enjoyed a spectacular turnaround and ended up being one of the major reasons why Spurs are still a Premier League team.
The 23-year-old had only played two Carabao Cup matches before those disastrous 17 Champions League minutes in Madrid against Atletico. However, the Czech displayed incredible mental strength to star in the final seven matches of the season with Vicario out recuperating after his surgery.
Huge reflex saves against Wolves, Leeds and Everton ended up securing Spurs the points that eventually kept them up. Kinsky's points per game average was 1.40 compared to Vicario's 1.16 and it's worrying to think what might have happened if he had been loaned out to West Ham in January as reports suggested at the time.
Kinsky proved that he can be a wonderful shot stopper and his ability with the ball at his feet marks him out as a perfect goalkeeper for De Zerbi. The Italian could constantly be seen applauding him after most kicks. A new man will arrive if Vicario goes but Kinsky has now laid the groundwork for his own claim on the number one spot.
Verdict: Keep
Brandon Austin
Such is Brandon Austin's position as Spurs' sole club-trained player in recent seasons he became essential even if he has played just three senior competitive matches for the Lilywhites.
Austin joined the club 19 years ago and now 27, he did not play at all this season after getting his Premier League debut under Ange Postecoglou and two nights between the sticks in the Europa League.
Austin has a contract until 2029 and if there was ever a season when he could get a loan out of the club to play some minutes then it's this one because of the lack of European football and therefore no need to have him involved simply because he gets his own spot as a club-trained player.
However, it's difficult to get loans for goalkeepers, especially ones with so little first team football under their belt so Austin may just continue his role as back-up to the back-up, always ready to come in if needed.