Antonin Kinsky is now officially a Tottenham player after completing his move from Slavia Prague on Sunday morning. The goalkeeper has made quite a name for himself in his homeland of the Czech Republic and now he will be looking to do likewise in England.
Kinsky's move to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium could result in Ange Postecoglou making a goalkeeper change over the next couple of months before Guglielmo Vicario returns from injury. The Spurs head coach confirmed in his pre-match press conference on Friday that the Italian international is not expected to return until the end of February.
Seeing Fraser Forster play in goal since the Italian sustained his ankle injury in the win at Man City towards the end of November, Brandon Austin was handed his senior debut for Spurs on Saturday with the experienced shot-stopper missing out against Newcastle. Despite Austin delivering a performance that saw him earn TNT Sports' man of the match award, Kinsky may possibly come straight into the team with Liverpool and Tamworth to come later this week.
The arrival of the 21-year-old will hopefully be the first of a number of signings before the month is out as Spurs look to increase the options available to Postecoglou due to an injury crisis. Further signings need to be made at centre-back and left-back, with many hoping for incomings in the attacking positions as well.
Once the winter market comes to a close on Monday, February 3, Tottenham will need to submit an updated 25-man squad to the Premier League for the second half of the season, and the same also goes for the Europa League. In terms of the Premier League, clubs cannot name more than 17 non-homegrown players on the list and the remainder of the squad, up to a total of 25 players, must be homegrown.
All teams are also able to name players 21 and under on an Under-21 list, which frees up space in the 25-man squad in the process. For the 2024/25 campaign, Under-21 players will have had to be born on or after January 1, 2003 to make the list.
Tottenham do have space in their Premier League squad at present having submitted a 23-man list at the end of the summer market. The list comprises of 14 non-homegrown and nine homegrown players.
Although there is space for Kinsky on the non-homegrown quota, he can actually be registered on the Under-21 list for the remainder of the campaign. This is because he was born in Prague on March 13, 2003, which is after the aforementioned date in regards to Under-21 player registration.
Kinsky will only be eligible to be included as player under the age of 21 for this season, though, as from the 2025/26 campaign players will have had to be born on or after January 1, 2004 to be included as an Under-21 player. This was the case 12 months ago with Radu Dragusin, who is now part of Tottenham's main list for their 25-man Premier League squad.
Kinsky's inclusion as an Under-21 player may only be temporary but it is something that could prove very useful indeed if Tottenham are to add to their non-homegrown players before the transfer deadline at the beginning of February.
Premier League non-homegrown players: Guglielmo Vicario, Pedro Porro, Radu Dragusin, Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Destiny Udogie, Sergio Reguilon, Rodrigo Bentancur, Pape Matar Sarr, Yves Bissouma, Dejan Kulusevski, Richarlison, Timo Werner, Son Heung-min.
Premier League homegrown players: Fraser Forster, Brandon Austin, Alfie Whiteman, Djed Spence, Ben Davies, Max Robson, James Maddison, Brennan Johnson, Dominic Solanke.
Notable Under-21s players: Antonin Kinsky, Alfie Dorrington, Ashley Phillips, Archie Gray, Lucas Bergvall, Alfie Devine, Jamie Donley, Mikey Moore, Wilson Odobert, Yang Min-hyeok, Will Lankshear, Dane Scarlett, Alejo Veliz.
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