The arrival of Pierluigi Gollini at Hotspur Way is a welcome one, the more new faces about the place, the better for all concerned. It is no surprise that Tottenham’s fall from grace from a Champions League regular to Europe’s third tier of competition, the Europa Conference League. The squad was not only allowed to churn sufficiently for years, and two good managers lost their jobs as coaches in the process.
Sky Sports’ Michael Bridge understands that Gollini is effectively on approval to see if he is capable of graduating into Hugo Lloris’ shoes. This leaves the one-time Manchester United and Aston Villa ‘ace’ with quite a mountain to climb.
As for Joe Hart, it appears we have another Levy Special underway, a player that is of questionable ability yet not one that the club is in a hurry to move on.
I take a view that the inexpensive Gollini is a calculated risk, enforced upon Levy by Tottenham’s financial position. It also confirms that there is no faith in Hart other than in the event of an emergency.