Tottenham Hotspur supporters may not need to wait long to see their newest signing in action. According to Jack Pitt-Brooke in the Athletic, new Czech Republic keeper Antonin Kinsky successfully fast-tracked his permit to work in the UK and is not only available to train, but also potentially to play in this Wednesday’s League Cup seminfinal first leg vs. Liverpool.
Will we actually see a Kinsky debut on Wednesday? It’s unclear. On the one hand it feels weird to just chuck him in with two days training in what will be one of the biggest matches of the season and part of a cup semifinal. On the other hand, Kinsky was signed not as a backup but as actual competition for Guglielmo Vicario, and his skill set is much more attune to the needs of Ange-ball than Fraser Forster. Plus we still don’t know the status of Forster after he missed Saturday’s match with a virus.
Kinsky reportedly was in first team training today along with Richarlison and Mikey Moore. If any of those three are available to play even partial minutes on Wednesday, that should give the entire team a huge boost, and hopefully some first team starters another bit of a rest. We’ll see.
