Tottenham: Ange Postecoglou addresses Antonin Kinsky debut and goalkeeper for Liverpool clash | OneFootball

The 21-year-old is eligible to make his first appearance on Wednesday

Ange Postecoglou will make a decision over handing new signing Antonin Kinsky his Tottenham debut against Liverpool in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg.

Kinsky signed on Sunday and has had two training sessions with the Spurs squad.

Brandon Austin made his Spurs debut in Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to Newcastle, with Fraser Forster ruled out due to illness.

Antonin Kinsky has joined Spurs in a £12.5m move from Slavia Prague

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Postecoglou revealed after the Newcastle game that Forster was “bedridden” last week but the 36-year-old is back in training and available to face Liverpool.

Asked about Kinsky making his debut, Postecoglou said: "We'll see. He obviously arrived the last couple of days, he's had a couple of days of training. He's registered, eligible to play. We've got to do a couple of final things with him and then we'll see."

"He's one we had earmarked for the end of season, in the summer, to bring him in. We've tracked him all season and he is definitely someone we're really excited about. But obviously with our current goalkeeping situation, we explored the possibility of bringing him in January.

“It wasn't easy because he's doing very well for his club and his club's doing well. They're in Europe, they're top of the league. But the club worked really hard, Johan [Lange, technical director] and the club, to get the deal done in this window. It's a huge benefit to us and adds some real quality to our goalkeepers."

Postecoglou continued: “We're trying to build a team of people who are very ambitious, have a clear goal in their heads about how they want their career to go. We've seen that already with Lucas [Bergvall] and Archie [Gray], as much in their performance but in the way they've embraced the whole challenge.

“They're not like normal 18-year-olds in maturity and real ambition to make an impact. Talking to Toni and looking into his background, he's very much of a similar mould.