New signing says he is ready to play against Liverpool | OneFootball

On Sunday, the 5th of January, we saw Tottenham Hotspur make their first signing of, hopefully a busy window, when they confirmed the signing of Antonin Kinsky from Czech side Slavia Prague on a six and a half year contract, for a fee of a little over 10 million pounds.

Latest recruit ready to make his Spurs debut on Wednesday

With this signing, fans have wondered: Will he go straight into the team for the huge Carabao Cup semi-final against Liverpool? There is no doubt that it will be a risk, but what wouldn't be a risk? Despite his solid debut against Newcastle United, Brandon Austin would also be a risk, perhaps even more so.

Then, with all due respect, Fraser Forster is more than a risk, bless him. No hate intended, but we know what he is. At the moment, Kinsky is at least an unknown quantity, as is Austin - to a lesser extent albeit.

Something that could be key. Goalkeeping legend Petr Cech gave his seal of approval on the deal, and mentioned that he spoke to the player ahead of the move. Something that the 42-year old said stuck out - how that playing with his feet is the keepers "great asset."

We know how important playing with your feet is in the modern game, particularly in this system. We saw Spurs nearly surrender their place in the semi-finals from a 3-0 lead, when Forster made two individual errors with his feet. Having Kinsky in goal would be a big advantage from that alone.

The man himself seems to think he is ready, saying: "I will prepare to be ready [for the semi-final against Liverpool. And if the coach decides to point to me, I'll be ready. I feel great. I'm calm in my head.”

During the same interview, the 21-year old also said: I remember consistently watching Tottenham’s Champions League matches - especially because I liked the style of Hugo Lloris, who was the goalkeeper here for a long time. So it’s a huge honour for me ".

One thing to note, is that any idea of him playing will be in vain if he does not get a work permit in time, though Spurs have until Midday on Tuesday. Despite all of their incompetence, surely this is something that will be sorted, and therefore allow Kinsky to play against Liverpool.