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Tottenham finally receive some good news with £12.5m January signing Antonin Kinsky available to play against Liverpool amid injury crisis….
Spurs have been without first-choice keeper Guglielmo Vicario since he fractured an ankle on 24 November during the 4-0 win over Manchester City.
Fraser Forster has been deputising for Vicario, but he missed Saturday’s 2-1 defeat by Newcastle with illness, which led to a debut for 25-year-old Brandon Austin.
Spurs have only won two of their past 11 games and are 12th in the Premier League.
Kinsky has agreed a deal until 2031 and the move is subject to the granting of international clearance and a work permit.
After joining from Dukla Prague in 2021, he spent some time on loan before establishing himself at Slavia.
The Czech Republic Under-21 player has made 29 appearances for Slavia this season and kept 14 clean sheets.
It was far from an ideal situation but, over the last days, Tottenham might have found a solution by signing 21-year-old Antonin Kinsky from Slavia Prague.
Kinsky played in the Czech second division as recently as May 2023 but, this season, has had a meteoric rise to become one of the best goalkeepers in central Europe, bringing comparisons with legendary Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech.
However, there is a different decisive figure behind Kinsky’s upbringing: his father, who approved a move to Spurs.
Antonin Kinsky Sr is a former goalkeeper with almost 400 games across the Czech and Russian leagues and five international caps.
Since his childhood, Kinsky Jr has dreamt about achieving similar success in goal – and looks to be on the right pathway.
His dad has been supportive all along, also during negotiations with Tottenham.
As Spurs chairman Daniel Levy travelled to Prague, the meeting with Kinsky’s dad proved to be decisive.
Kinsky Jr confirmed that in the interview with iSport.cz.
“I have been listening to my dad until this moment. I would not have this chance without him.
“From the start, I considered Tottenham to be a great opportunity, but I waited on a green light from my father.
The meeting with Mr Levy convinced him.”
Yehovah Kelvin
