Tottenham keeper Fraser Forster was hailed by Lionel Messi and his exes include Apprentice star and Neighbours actress

FRASER Forster is acceptable for an extended tally successful the Tottenham archetypal team, pursuing an wounded to a semipermanent wounded to archetypal prime No1 Guglielmo Vicario.

The unlucky Italian has undergone surgery connected a fractured ankle suffered successful a lucifer against Man City and faces "months" out, according to Spurs brag Ange Postecoglou.

But that won't faze seasoned pro Forster, 36, who volition beryllium a invited look successful the dressing country earlier a lucifer day.

It has been said that shotstopper has been bully for squad morale arsenic the joker of the battalion amongst his teammates.

While his goalkeeping quality has been hailed successful the past by Argentinian legend, Lionel Messi.

Away from the pitch, Forster has besides had personage romances successful the past.

SunSport delves successful the satellite of the erstwhile England goalie.

"He performed inhumanely"

Forster came done the ranks astatine Newcastle, but helium archetypal came to prominence playing for Celtic.

After a indebtedness spell successful Scotland successful the 2011-12 season, helium was snapped up by The Bhoys the pursuing summertime for £2million.

It was the 2012-13 run wherever the elephantine goalie, who stands astatine 6ft7in, produced a show that was hailed arsenic "the champion goalkeeper show I've ever seen" by Lionel Messi.

Forster played doubly successful the radical stages against the Argentinian, including successful 1 of the astir celebrated night's successful the club's caller history.

Celtic, incredibly, bushed a Barcelona squad that featured Messi, Cesc Fabregas, Alexis Sanchez, Dani Alves, Xavi, Andres Iniesta and much 2-1 successful Glasgow.

Forster's show near a lasting content connected the seven-time Ballon d'Or winner.

After that match, successful which helium made 7 saves, helium earned the nickname 'The Great Wall of Glasgow'.

Messi adjacent admitted that Barcelona considered signing him.

"Fraser Forster's show against america was talked astir for a agelong time," Messi said, according to the Daily Star.

"There was a crippled successful Scotland wherever helium performed inhumanly, it's the champion goalkeeper show I've seen."

The Argie World Cup victor added: "When Victor Valdes said helium was leaving, we adjacent talked astir him playing here. I was definite that helium would extremity up astatine Arsenal, Chelsea oregon Manchester United."

Famous exes

Not lone is Forster fashionable with 1 of the champion players of all-time, he's besides dated celebrities.

In 2009, helium met aboriginal The Apprentice prima Leah Totton erstwhile she was studying medicine astatine University of Anglia.

They dated for 4 years, earlier splitting up arsenic she geared up to prima connected the world TV hit.

Leah and Forster rekindled their romance aft she won the 2013 show, but it wasn't to beryllium - with the long-distance romance fizzling out.

She went connected to motorboat the Dr Leah Botox Clinic, and has been precise palmy successful her ain right.

In 2018, Forster was past reported to beryllium dating Aussie soap beauty, Olympia Valance.

The Neighbours quality received a ample bouquet of reddish roses connected her day from the elephantine keeper.

She posed excitedly with the flowers, captioning the snap: "The day that keeps connected giving. What a astonishment @fraserforster!!!! I've virtually ne'er seen truthful galore roses! THANK YOU!!!!!'

Valance sent tongues wagging again erstwhile she posted a representation of her and a enigma antheral enjoying a day successful Los Angeles, which was believed to beryllium Forster.

It's not known wherefore it didn't enactment out. Beforehand, Valance had her ain personage romance with One Direction prima Niall Horan.

Joker successful the pack

Although Vicario's wounded volition beryllium a stroke for Spurs, Forster volition connection a much-needed morale boost successful the dressing room.

Many of his erstwhile teammates person said that helium is the joker of their team.

Most recently, Timo Werner was asked successful a chat with the Premier League's YouTube transmission who is his funniest teammate is.

He said: "I emotion a batch astir Fraser Forster and his jokes, but successful presumption of comic actions, I deliberation Emerson Royal."

This was backed up by Micky Van de Ven who antecedently said to the aforesaid question: "Fraser Forster! He’s ever joking astir successful the changing room."

Former teammate Mohamed Elyounoussi besides joked that Forster was a “class clown” during his clip astatine Celtic.

"Fraser is simply a truly bully guy,” helium said successful the Scottish Sun back successful 2019.

"At Southampton I talked to him a batch and successful the extremity we were successful the aforesaid situation. He was ever rather affirmative down there.

"I’d accidental helium was benignant of a clown, helium talked a batch and made a fewer jokes. He’s inactive the aforesaid feline here.

"Fraser is simply a prime keeper. I deliberation helium was the champion goalkeeper down astatine Southampton. He’s astonishing erstwhile he’s astatine his best."