Alasdair Gold has revealed via Football.London that Guglielmo Vicario had previously been identified as a target by Fabio Paratici, with the former Spurs managing director of football alleged to have made enquiries about the Empoli star earlier this year.
Vicaria now appears to be edging closer to a move to Tottenham, with Fabrizio Romano revealing on Thursday that the North London club had agreed personal terms with the goalkeeper and are set to launch a €19m (£16.3m) offer for him.
In fact, Romano has since given the move his ‘here we go’ seal of approval.
Guglielmo Vicario to Tottenham, here we go! Agreement completed after official bid sent for the Italian goalkeeper to join Spurs on €19m deal. 🚨⚪️🇮🇹 #THFC
Vicario joins after excellent season at Empoli — he will be in London in the next hours to sign contract until 2028. pic.twitter.com/Q5MznCQmxK
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) June 22, 2023
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Gold has now also backed up the same claim, adding that there is now ‘growing confidence’ at Spurs that a deal for the 26-year-old will be sealed in the coming days.
Paratici admired Vicario while he was at Spurs
The journalist explains that Paratici, who resigned as Spurs’ managing director of football in April, had been an admirer of Vicario, along with chief scout Leonardo Gabbanini.
The 50-year-old is alleged to have checked on the availability of the Empoli number earlier this year.
Gold adds that the reason Tottenham had to move swiftly to snap up Vicario is that there was a widespread belief that Inter Milan would make a move for the goalkeeper if Andre Onana joins Manchester United or Chelsea this summer.
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The fact that Tottenham pushed ahead with a move for Vicario despite Paratici’s departure suggests that the goalkeeper’s case was pushed by Gabbanini.
Perhaps, Postecoglou was also an admirer of the Italian, which might have been why Spurs decided to pursue him over the likes of Giorgi Mamardashvili.
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