Sky Sports reporter Michael Bridge has revealed that Inter Milan and Juventus were both plotting moves for Guglielmo Vicario in the summer before Tottenham swooped for the goalkeeper.
Vicario has had a fantastic start to his Tottenham career and is already winning over the supporter base.
The custodian has impressed with his distribution in multiple games, made big saves at critical moments, and consistently shouted orders to his defenders to show that he is a leader.
Alasdair Gold of Football.London claimed last week that Ange Postecoglou had already invited the goalie to join the team’s new leadership team and to speak up in the locker room.
Bridge has now revealed Vicario’s impressive start to his Spurs career is not a surprise to those who followed him in Italy, claiming that several Serie A giants were exploring moves for the 26-year-old in the summer.
Juventus and Inter were planning late Vicario bids
On the Last Word On Spurs, the writer stated: “The information we initially received was from our colleague in Italy, Gianluca Di Marzio. I then spoke with a further couple of Italian colleagues. I explained that I didn’t know everyone and asked if you could tell us more about this custodian.
They said you are getting our best prospect, best goalkeeper. Buffon goes on about him. But they are all just really huge fans. And one journalist said to me that Inter Milan and Juve were going to go in for him last minute. That’s why maybe Spurs had just decided to just do it.”
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Like most Spurs fans, I was disappointed when the club chose against signing David Raya but I have been pleasantly surprised by how well Vicario has done so far.
Not only has he proved reliable between the sticks but he also appears to be an effervescent personality and is thus great for dressing room morale.
