Serie A giants backed to sign 29-year-old Tottenham regular by legendary Italian goalkeeper

Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario has been linked with an exit.

Tottenham Hotspur have decided to trust Igor Tudor to save them from sinking after sacking Thomas Frank last week.

It is a risky move to appoint someone with no prior Premier League experience, especially with so much at stake from now on until the end of the season. Tudor will be raring to prove his detractors wrong and fulfil the club’s primary objective of staying in the top flight.

Very few would have predicted the season to spiral out in such a manner after last term’s Europa League success. With European football next season looking pretty unlikely, there are question marks over the futures of several players in N17. First-choice centre-back pairing Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven have already been attracting interest from elsewhere. Another key Spurs player linked with an exit is Guglielmo Vicario.

Former goalkeeper Walter Zenga backs Inter Milan to sign Guglielmo Vicario

Guglielmo Vicario is understood to be actively pushing for a possible exit from Tottenham, with a return to Serie A his preferred destination. There are suggestions that the Italian goalkeeper has grown weary of the drama and instability at the North London club and wants out in the summer.

Inter Milan have been keen on the Tottenham No.1 as a potential replacement for veteran Yann Sommer, whose contract expires this summer. They are planning for life without Sommer, as he is now 37 and no longer the commanding presence he once was during his prime. And the Nerazzurri have now been backed to go for Vicario.

One of Italy’s best goalkeepers ever, Walter Zenga, has advised Inter Milan that Vicario should be in the “front row” in their goalkeeper shortlist, although he still thinks Sommer has time at the club.

“First of all, a premise: if we focus on a goalkeeper’s mistakes, we’ll never get over them. Yann is a high-performance player, a guarantee. He has experience and quality to spare. Self-control. Nothing can affect him,” Walter Zenga said in an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport (h/t TEAMtalk).

“With an Italian goalkeeper: Vicario and Marco Carnesecchi in the front row, then Elia Caprile.”

Tottenham planning to replace Vicario

Tottenham have been planning behind the scenes to upgrade the goalkeeping department amid Vicario’s inconsistency and links away from the club. The Italy international has never entirely been convincing since arriving at the club from Empoli in the summer of 2023. He has dropped in clangers and cost his team several points, failing to exert calmness and authority in the box.

The 29-year-old’s current market value is €30m, but his desire to leave the Lilywhites can end up weakening the club’s leverage, especially with Inter Milan wanting a new No.1 to start the 2026/27 season.