Napoli could offer Milinkovic-Savic to land Tottenham goalkeeper Vicario | OneFootball

Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario is attracting interest from Serie A, with Juventus and Napoli interested in his services.

According to Rai (via Tuttomercatoweb), Napoli are ready to offer Vanja Milinkovic-Savic to land the Spurs star.

The 6ft8in Serbian would join Roberto De Zerbi’s side in North London, providing competition for Antonin Kinsky.

In the coming days, the Italian side hopes to know whether Tottenham and the players are open to the swap deal.

Tottenham are happy to let Vicario leave, but despite garnering some interest from Italy, they have not received concrete offers.

Spurs may be open to collecting Milinkovic-Savic despite his struggles following his move to Naples.

Milinkovic-Savic still kept 11 clean sheets in 27 Serie A appearances last term, recording +0.61 goals prevented (down from +10.69 the previous season).

He saved three out of eight penalties he faced last season and 4/7 the season before.

The 29-year-old is a solid, imposing goalkeeper whose aerial dominance can shine in the Premier League.

However, swap deals are very complicated transfers to complete.

Two clubs have to agree on valuations, wages, contract structures and convince both players to accept the move, making negotiations far more difficult than a straightforward cash transfer.

Also, while Milinkovic-Savic is an experienced goalkeeper with undeniable physical presence, he is hardly a necessity for De Zerbi’s squad.

Spurs already moved to strengthen their goalkeeping department by signing Martin Dubravka, who was brought in to provide experienced competition and guidance for Kinsky.

Adding another senior goalkeeper would only create an unnecessary logjam in a position that is already well covered.

If Vicario leaves, Tottenham would be better served reinvesting any transfer fee elsewhere rather than complicating matters with a difficult swap deal they do not need.

Signing a lethal centre-forward and a productive left-winger should top the club’s priority list.