Antonin Kinsky will look to secure a short lived escape route out of Tottenham after his wretched display within the side’s 5-2 defeat to Atletico Madrid.
The 22-year-old produced the horror show of all horror shows within the Spanish capital, gifting Atleti two of their three opening goals through Marcos Llorente and Julian Alvarez with a pair of calamitous mistakes.
Igor Tudor had sprung a surprise by naming Kinsky in his starting XI, a bizarre decision that had fans scratching their heads given young Czech had made only two appearances al season prior to the match.
But Tudor hooked Kinsky within the immediate aftermath of Alvarez’s Seventeenth-minute strike, with Guglielmo Vicario – who had been expected to begin – seeing out the rest of the round-of-16 first leg.
While goals Pedro Porro and Dominic Solanke made the scoreline look just a little less ugly from Spurs’ perspective, the north Londoners have given themselves a mountain to climb ahead of the second leg.
But before the main focus returns to next Wednesday’s contest, Tudor’s men must first revert their attentions back to Premier League survival and their upcoming trip to Liverpool.
Vicario can be expected to begin at Anfield barring injury. As for Kinsky, his confidence will certainly be in tatters and it appears unlikely that he can be thrown in on the deep end again before the top of the campaign.
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In accordance with The Telegraph, Kinsky can be expected to actively seek a loan move away from the Tottenham within the hope of resurrecting his profession in the summertime.
Should his wish be granted, there may be a robust possibility that Spurs may find themselves needing two latest goalkeepers, given Vicario’s future can also be in serious doubt.
It’s claimed Kinsky had been keen to depart Tottenham on a short lived basis in each of the last two transfer windows with a view to securing regular first-team minutes – but his request was denied on each occasions.
Nevertheless, report claims Spurs are ‘unlikely to face in the best way’ of the previous Slavia Prague shot-stopper this time around.
Kinsky’s current contract on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium runs through to June 2029.
Asked if he had made an incorrect call in starting Kinsky versus Atleti, Tudor told TNT Sports: ‘After seeing what happened, of course it was the fallacious decision.
‘But it surely was, for me, the correct decision to do, considering before, since the team modified competition and it was, within the moment, right to do.
‘Unfortunately, what happened happened. I’ve never modified my goalkeeper after 14 minutes. It’s difficult, it happened.’
Tudor has been heavily criticised by fans and pundits alike for refusing to acknowledge or put a consoling arm around Kinsky because the ‘keeper made his way towards the tunnel.
‘No, it’s moments like this we don’t have to comment. It’s not a moment to talk an excessive amount of,’ Tudor replied when asked about his emotionless response.
‘Strange game, very strange game. We gave them three goals afterwards we began good.
‘But then problems killed us in three situations. Very, very, very strange so it took our confidence.
‘Then we start, we made opportunities to make it 4-2 after which we conceded the goal for 5-2.’
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