{"id":537170,"date":"2026-04-18T04:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T04:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/537170\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T04:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T04:27:11","slug":"tottenham-want-leeds-star-in-stunning-triple-free-transfer-raid-as-de-zerbi-looks-to-replace-starter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/537170\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham want Leeds star in stunning triple free transfer raid as De Zerbi looks to replace starter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham are looking to sign Leeds United goalkeeper Karl Darlow on a free transfer at the end of the season, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs have been in awful form this season with the north Londoners failing to win a Premier League match since the turn of the year, leaving them in serious relegation trouble.<\/p>\n<p>West Ham\u2019s comprehensive 4-0 win over Wolves, couple with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tottenham-hotspur\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham<\/a>\u2018s 1-0 defeat at Sunderland last weekend saw Spurs drop into the relegation zone and cut adrift.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham are now two points from safety with just six matches remaining, to leave many neutral fans salivating at the prospect of Spurs playing in the Championship next season.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario is one player who has come in for plenty of criticism this season, while back-up stopper, Antonin Kinsky, clearly needs some more experience before being considered Tottenham\u2019s number one going forward.<\/p>\n<p>And now <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2026\/04\/17\/tottenham-may-have-broken-rules-marcos-senesi\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Daily Telegraph have claimed that<\/a> Tottenham are \u2018tracking\u2019 Leeds goalkeeper Darlow as they look to improve that department in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/premier-league-preview-manchester-city-arsenal-fernandez-de-zerbi-everton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Big Weekend: Manchester City v Arsenal, Enzo Fernandez, Roberto De Zerbi, Everton<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As well as Liverpool\u2019s Andy Robertson and Bournemouth\u2019s Marcos Senesi, Darlow is one of the players that Tottenham are attempting to bring in on a free transfer.<\/p>\n<p>The Telegraph wrote:\u00a0\u2018The club could revive a move for Liverpool left-back Andrew Robertson, who they tried to sign in January, and are believed to be tracking Leeds United goalkeeper Karl Darlow.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Like Senesi and Robertson, 35-year-old Darlow is out of contract this summer and Spurs are preparing to sign at least one new goalkeeper.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham insider John Wenham thinks Manchester City\u2019s James Trafford or Crystal Palace\u2019s Dean Henderson would be worth a deal in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking earlier this month, Wenham told Tottenham News: \u201cOn the goalkeeper situation, James Trafford has been linked heavily, and I think he\u2019d be very good, and he would come because he wants to be a number one.<\/p>\n<p>MORE TOTTENHAM COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/tottenham-ornstein-second-summer-signing-advanced-exits-three-stars-inevitable\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham: Ornstein reveals second summer signing \u2018advanced\u2019 as exits of three stars \u2018inevitable\u2019<\/a><br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/toby-alderweireld-slams-spurs-players-cristian-romero-micky-van-de-ven-not-delivering\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toby Alderweireld slams Tottenham players as \u2018not delivering\u2019 Romero, Van de Ven singled out<\/a><br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-transfer-news-double-tottenham-raid-pedro-porro-luka-vuskovic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool begin spectacular double Tottenham raid as four deals take shape \u2013 report<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe would be promised that at Tottenham, he would play all 38 league games next season without any injuries, but the other one I think is also worth a shout is Dean Henderson at Palace. I could see Spurs also looking at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do think they will have an English goalkeeper next season, and I think it will be one of those two that Tottenham do go for, it would be a monumental improvement on what we\u2019ve got now, which is a situation where I expect both Vicario and Kinsky to leave in the summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Italy internationals Vicario and Destiny Udogie,\u00a0Wenham added: \u201cIt\u2019s interesting, the two Italian players in the squad, being an Italian in De Zerbi, are still two that I think should be moved on this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVicario, just for all manner of reasons, and Udogie, he\u2019s a very good player, but he cannot stay fit; he\u2019s just too unreliable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tottenham are looking to sign Leeds United goalkeeper Karl Darlow on a free transfer at the end of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-537170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}