Tottenham scouting new goalkeeper
The goalkeeping situation at Tottenham is currently that Spurs will not sell 28-year-old (29 in December) French international captain Hugo Lloris at any price.
Tottenham number two is 31-year-old (32 in October) Dutch international Michel Vorm, 44-year-old USA international and now Spurs US Ambassador Brad Friedel has retired, 23-year-old former Scottish Under-21 goalkeeper Jordan Archer has been released (looks like joining Millwall) while 19-year-old (20 in September) former England Under-17 keeper Luke McGee is arguable too young and inexperienced.
That all leaves Spurs needing a number three and making contingency plans jut incase things change with Lloris. We have had scouts busy in Holland, Spain and Belgium and it's in the latter of those three countries where we have been keeping tabs on a goalkeeper to fill the number three position.
A Spurs scout attended the Anderlecht vs Club Brugges game and while scouting 19-year-old striker Obbu Oulare also watched 23-year-old (24 in April) Australian international goalkeeper Mat Ryan.
We watched him play in December against Standard Liege, in the UEFA Europa League and made regularly scouting trips during the Belgian Pro League including the Club Brugge vs Charleroi in March.
Would he be a number three or would he challenge Michel Vorm for the number two slot. With the club looking at developing youth it makes sense to develop a young keeper so regardless of what happens with Lloris you would think the club would want to hang on to Vorm for the experience he can pass on. He isn't ready for the Premier League yet but what will the goalkeeping position be next summer or in 2 years and would he be ready to take over then, that's what Pochettino has to prepare for.
Liverpool are also known to be interested in the 1.81 m (5ft 11 1⁄2in) stopper and have been heavily linked with a move while Ryan himself has said he would be happy to step up to the next level should the opportunity arise. In November he signed a new four-year deal with Club Brugge.
His strengths are excellent distribution with both hands and feet, good reaction speed and he is positionally sound. His major weakness is slowness in getting down to low shots. He has the modern tendency to punch but does so a little too often, he also needs to work on parrying the ball away from the danger zone as you can see from the video below. On the plus side he does like to command his box, he reminds me a little of Paul Robinson.
We are looking to develop a sweeper keeper in the Lloris mould and Ryan has the youth and potential to possibly develop into one. He has quick reactions and gets back up quickly after making a save. Positionally he gets his angles right and is quick off his line. His distribution is superb and helped him be voted the Belgian Pro League goalkeeper of the year for 2014.
Former Club Brugge sporting director, Arnar Gretarsson doesn't think he will stay at the club much longer with the interest he is starting to attract around Europe.
The video below shows some of his saves from the 2014/15 season.
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Tottenham number two is 31-year-old (32 in October) Dutch international Michel Vorm, 44-year-old USA international and now Spurs US Ambassador Brad Friedel has retired, 23-year-old former Scottish Under-21 goalkeeper Jordan Archer has been released (looks like joining Millwall) while 19-year-old (20 in September) former England Under-17 keeper Luke McGee is arguable too young and inexperienced.
That all leaves Spurs needing a number three and making contingency plans jut incase things change with Lloris. We have had scouts busy in Holland, Spain and Belgium and it's in the latter of those three countries where we have been keeping tabs on a goalkeeper to fill the number three position.
A Spurs scout attended the Anderlecht vs Club Brugges game and while scouting 19-year-old striker Obbu Oulare also watched 23-year-old (24 in April) Australian international goalkeeper Mat Ryan.
We watched him play in December against Standard Liege, in the UEFA Europa League and made regularly scouting trips during the Belgian Pro League including the Club Brugge vs Charleroi in March.
Would he be a number three or would he challenge Michel Vorm for the number two slot. With the club looking at developing youth it makes sense to develop a young keeper so regardless of what happens with Lloris you would think the club would want to hang on to Vorm for the experience he can pass on. He isn't ready for the Premier League yet but what will the goalkeeping position be next summer or in 2 years and would he be ready to take over then, that's what Pochettino has to prepare for.
Liverpool are also known to be interested in the 1.81 m (5ft 11 1⁄2in) stopper and have been heavily linked with a move while Ryan himself has said he would be happy to step up to the next level should the opportunity arise. In November he signed a new four-year deal with Club Brugge.
His strengths are excellent distribution with both hands and feet, good reaction speed and he is positionally sound. His major weakness is slowness in getting down to low shots. He has the modern tendency to punch but does so a little too often, he also needs to work on parrying the ball away from the danger zone as you can see from the video below. On the plus side he does like to command his box, he reminds me a little of Paul Robinson.
We are looking to develop a sweeper keeper in the Lloris mould and Ryan has the youth and potential to possibly develop into one. He has quick reactions and gets back up quickly after making a save. Positionally he gets his angles right and is quick off his line. His distribution is superb and helped him be voted the Belgian Pro League goalkeeper of the year for 2014.
Former Club Brugge sporting director, Arnar Gretarsson doesn't think he will stay at the club much longer with the interest he is starting to attract around Europe.
"I don't see him staying for much longer at Club Brugge. I think he will move to a bigger team, possibly for next season. He definitely has the quality to play in the big three leagues."
The video below shows some of his saves from the 2014/15 season.
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