Inter Milan are closing in on a summer swoop for Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario.
The Italians have been searching for an alternative to Swiss No 1 Yann Sommer and sporting director Piero Ausilio was in London for meetings this week.
Ausilio is understood to have met with Vicario’s agent Valerio Giufridda ahead of the Champions League tie against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday and they are confident a deal can be done for a fee in the region of £17million.
Italy international Vicario started the game and made some wonderful saves in a 3-2 win, but the result was not enough to stop Spurs crashing out of the competition.
They lost the first leg 5-2 in Madrid when interim boss Igor Tudor opted to start with back-up goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky rather than Vicario.
Kinsky made two glaring errors in the opening 15 minutes and was brutally substituted by Tudor.
Vicario joined Spurs for £17.2m from Empoli in the summer of 2023. He made an impressive start to his Premier League career until opponents started to target his perceived weakness under the high ball.
Guglielmo Vicario joined Tottenham for £17.2m from Empoli in the summer of 2023
The 29-year-old Italian has also been susceptible to mistakes with the ball at his feet.
He missed three months of last season with a broken ankle sustained in a 4-0 win at Manchester City, during which he played on through the pain until the end of the game.
It has been a rollercoaster three years for Vicario since he arrived to replace Hugo Lloris as Tottenham’s first choice goalkeeper.
He has two more years on his contract but there seems to be a mutual understanding that it will be best for both parties to go separate ways in the summer.
Vicario will be back in the Champions League if he joins Inter, who are currently six points clear at the top of Serie A.
He will also be in a good place to pursue his international ambitions and add to his five Italy caps.
Spurs see a new goalkeeper as central to the summer overhaul as they attempt to bid farewell to this awful season, in which they are threatened by relegation with just eight games to play
Kinsky, 23, is also keen to leave on loan in the summer and find regular football to rebuild his career after his calamitous night at Atletico Madrid.
