The Real Madrid man is a reported transfer target for Newcastle United, but Tottenham Hotspur should gatecrash the party.
Spurs fans are surely beginning to grow impatient at their side’s lack of transfer activity so far this summer, especially with many of their direct rivals spending money left right and centre.
News broke this morning, however, regarding Mauricio Pochettino’s desire to bring in an established understudy to Hugo Lloris, with the Sun reporting that the Argentine is willing to let youngster Luke McGee join Portsmouth on loan.
With this in mind, Tottenham should consider joining Newcastle in the race to sign Real Madrid stopper Kiko Casilla.
The Chronicle claim that Rafa Benitez is monitoring the 30-year-old’s situation at the Bernabeu, with a view to making a summer bid for his services.
Kiko Casilla
The north London outfit should gatecrash the party though, and attempt to bring Casilla to the club. He would undoubtedly be an upgrade on Spurs’ current number two goalkeeper Michel Vorm, and his experience of winning major honours with Madrid could prove to be crucial to Tottenham’s hopes of achieving success in the future.
The former Espanyol man has a La Liga title and two Champions League winner’s medals to his name – something that would undoubtedly prove to be an asset in a Lilywhites squad that is desperately lacking experienced winners.
The one main stumbling block Spurs would face would be the fact that they can by no means guarantee Casilla regular first-team action with Lloris at the club, whereas the Magpies are certainly in a position to do just that.
Tottenham do have Champions League football on offer, however, and the Spaniard could be tempted into a switch to north London to continue his love affair with Europe’s premier competition.
And after Lloris showed that he is not infallible last season, maybe the addition of an established stopper is just what the Lilywhites need to push them on as a team this term.
Tottenham’s Hugo Lloris
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