Vicario ´not top class yet´, says Pagliuca amid reported Inter interest

Guglielmo Vicario is a “excellent goalkeeper” however not a “top-class participant but”, based on former Inter goalkeeper Gianluca Pagliuca.

The Tottenham stopper has reportedly expressed an curiosity in becoming a member of the Nerazzurri, as a alternative for Yann Sommer.

Sommer, who turns 37 this month and has not too long ago come below scrutiny, has helped Inter win the Scudetto and attain the Champions League ultimate throughout his two-and-a-half-year spell at San Siro, the place his contract is because of expire subsequent June.

Hypothesis suggests Vicario – Italy’s second-choice goalkeeper behind Gianluigi Donnarumma – could possibly be a candidate to switch the Swiss between the sticks.

The 29-year-old has saved 9 clear sheets in 22 appearances for Tottenham this season, throughout which he has saved 71% of photographs he has confronted within the Premier League.

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Vicario has additionally prevented 0.2 objectives per 90 minutes within the English high flight this time period, a determine solely bettered by Crystal Palace’s Dean Henderson (0.3).

Pagliuca – a 1994 World Cup finalist with Italy and 1998 UEFA Cup winner with Inter – absolutely respects Vicario’s qualities, however does have reservations.

“Yann is a dependable goalkeeper and has expertise,” the 58-year-old instructed Gazzetta dello Sport. “I don’t know what Inter wish to do, however the truth that he’s been questioned over two errors appears a bit extreme to me.

“[Vicario is] an excellent goalkeeper, the second selection for our nationwide workforce. He has expertise in Italy and likewise within the Premier League.

“Nevertheless, I don’t see him as a top-class participant but. He has expertise as a result of he’s been between the posts for a very long time; he’s 29, however he doesn’t give me the sensation of being a high participant.”