Antonin Kinsky’s stance on Tottenham future after horror show | Football

Antonin Kinsky will look to secure a temporary escape route out of Tottenham after his wretched display in the side’s 5-2 defeat to Atletico Madrid.

The 22-year-old produced the horror show of all horror shows in 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 in the immediate aftermath of Alvarez’s 17th-minute strike, with Guglielmo Vicario – who had been expected to start – seeing out the remainder of the round-of-16 first leg.

While goals Pedro Porro and Dominic Solanke made the scoreline look 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 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 will be expected to start at Anfield barring injury. As for Kinsky, his confidence will surely be in tatters and it appears unlikely that he will be thrown in at the deep end again before the end of the campaign.

According to The Telegraph, Kinsky will be expected to actively seek a loan move away from the Tottenham in the hope of resurrecting his career in the summer.

Should his wish be granted, there is a strong possibility that Spurs may find themselves needing two new goalkeepers, given Vicario’s future is also in serious doubt.

It’s claimed Kinsky had been keen to leave Tottenham on a temporary basis in each of the last two transfer windows with a view to securing regular first-team minutes – but his request was denied on both occasions.

However, report claims Spurs are ‘unlikely to stand in the way’ of the former Slavia Prague shot-stopper this time around.

Kinsky’s current contract at 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, for sure it was the wrong decision.

‘But it was, for me, the right decision to do, thinking before, because the team changed competition and it was, in the moment, right to do.

‘Unfortunately, what happened happened. I’ve never changed my goalkeeper after 14 minutes. It’s not easy, it happened.’

Tudor has been heavily criticised by fans and pundits alike for refusing to acknowledge or put a consoling arm around Kinsky as the ‘keeper made his way towards the tunnel.

‘No, it’s moments like this we don’t need to comment. It’s not a moment to speak too much,’ Tudor replied when asked about his emotionless reaction.

‘Strange game, very strange game. We gave them three goals afterwards we started 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 and then we conceded the goal for 5-2.’

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