There is a tremor running through the corridors of the Allianz Stadium, and it has a distinctly English flavour. GoalZaza has learned that Guglielmo V...
There is a tremor running through the corridors of the Allianz Stadium, and it has a distinctly English flavour. GoalZaza has learned that Guglielmo Vicario, the Tottenham Hotspur shot stopper who rediscovered his best form under Ange Postecoglou, is agitating for a return to Serie A. This is not a whisper of interest. This is a hardened desire to exit north London. And Juventus, a club in perpetual search of a commanding number one, are listening very intently.The Old Lady's goalkeeping department has felt like a revolving door since Gianluigi Buffon's final departure. Thiago Motta needs a presence between the sticks, a man who can dominate his box and distribute with the composure of a sweeper. Vicario fits that bill perfectly. He offers the quick, decisive football that Motta demands. He is not just a shot stopper; he is a footballer who starts attacks from the back. That is a rare commodity.The proposed structure is characteristically Juve. A loan with a buy option. This is the club's modus operandi in the current financial climate. It allows them to assess fitness and temperament before committing the heavy artillery. For Vicario, it offers guaranteed football in a league he knows intimately and a path back to the Champions League spotlight. The question is whether Spurs will sanction a move for a keeper who still has years left on his contract. Tottenham's resolve will be tested. They cannot afford to let a key asset leave on the cheap, but if the player is pushing for the door, the dynamic shifts entirely.This is the kind of deal that could define a season at both ends of the peninsula. For Juventus, it is a low risk, high reward play for a goalkeeper entering his prime. For Vicario, it is a homecoming with a point to prove. The ball, as they say, is now in Daniel Levy's court.
