After spending 75,000,000 euros on the purchase of loan players Dejan Kulusevski and Pedro Porro, Tottenham started bringing in summer reinforcements.And they started from the goal line… The London club resolved the question of a goalkeeper for the next season – an agreement has been reached with Empoli for the purchase of Italian goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario. Tottenham’s offer amounts to 20,000,000 euros fixed and another part through bonuses. The club from Tuscany has verbally accepted and it is just waiting for everything to be put on paper.##NAJAVA_MECA_7331136##Although not a household name, the qualities of Vicario are well known to fans of Serie A. We are talking about one of the best goalkeepers in the league in the last two seasons. Since his loan move from Cagliari to Empoli two years ago, Vicario has exploded and has been perhaps the most responsible for the results beyond all expectations recorded by a humble Empoli team. Immediately after one year, the Tuscan club bought him from Cagliari for 8,500,000 euros, and now, depending on the bonus, they could earn maybe three times more.Tottenham’s goal last season was guarded by two veterans: Captain Hugo Lloris (36) and experienced Fraser Forster (35). It was clear that neither of the two was the solution for the coming days and that Spurs would have to look for a new goalkeeper this summer.Guglielmo Vicario is about to sign for #thfc, he could travel to London in the next few hours.[@MatteMoretto] 🥇 pic.twitter.com/MRrNQJx1qc— Tottenham Tiers (@TottenhamTiers) June 22, 2023 At first, the Spanish national team member David Raya from Brentford was on Tottenham’s radar, but in the end, the decision was made to go after Vicario. The London club had to hurry as Inter were mentioned as a possible destination for Vicario in recent days. The Nerazzurri wanted to wait to see how the situation around their first goalkeeper Andre Onana, whom they are ready to sell to Chelsea or Manchester United, will develop. But since no real offer for the Cameroonian came from the Premier League, Inter did not activate negotiations regarding Vicario either.The Italian goalkeeper will become Tottenham’s first summer signing in the coming days.
