Tottenham suffer Guglielmo Vicario injury nightmare as goalkeeper goes under the knife

Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario faces a spell retired of enactment aft undergoing country connected a fractured ankle.

The Italian suffered the wounded during Tottenham’s stunning 4-0 triumph astatine Manchester City connected Saturday evening.

The goalkeeper was successful good signifier during the lucifer and intelligibly completed the crippled successful immoderate symptom arsenic helium made it to the last whistle.

However, Spurs person confirmed connected Monday that Vicario has had an cognition connected his ankle, and portion they did not authorities however agelong helium is expected to beryllium retired for, it is acceptable to beryllium a lengthy spell.

A connection from Tottenham connected Monday read: ‘We tin corroborate that Guglielmo Vicario has contiguous undergone country for a fracture of his close ankle.

‘The 28-year-old suffered the wounded during Saturday’s Premier League triumph astatine Manchester City.

‘Guglielmo volition beryllium assessed by our aesculapian unit to find erstwhile helium tin instrumentality to training. We’re each down you, Vic.’

Tottenham person a precise experienced back-up successful Fraser Forster, with the 36-year-old having been astatine the nine since 2022.

The England planetary has not played a Premier League crippled since the 2022/23 season, but has been successful enactment successful the Carabao Cup and Europa League during the existent campaign.

Vicario joins Ange Postecoglou’s injured list, which already includes Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero, Mikey Moore, Wilson Odobert and Richarlison, portion Rodrigo Bentancur is suspended.

It is an highly engaged play connected the calendar that Vicario volition beryllium out, with Tottenham competing successful the Premier League, Europa League and Carabao Cup implicit the adjacent month.

Their adjacent outing is simply a location crippled against Rome connected Thursday nighttime earlier hosting Fulham successful the apical formation connected Sunday.

Romero is the closest to a instrumentality of immoderate of the injured contingent, with the defender perchance disposable for the London derby with the Cottagers.

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