Report: Tottenham keeping tabs on 6 ft 4 colossus with "extraordinary footballing ability"

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This article is part of Football FanCast’s Transfer Focus series, which provides opinion and analysis on recent transfer news…

According to Bundesliga expert Kevin Hatchard on talkSPORT, Tottenham Hotspur are keeping tabs on Schalke goalkeeper Alexander Nubel, and Jose Mourinho must bring him to north London.

What’s the word, then?

Well, speaking on talkSPORT Hatchard revealed that he’d heard that Spurs are watching the Gelsenkirchen-based club’s captain, who has a “Neuer vibe about him”.

As things stand both Michel Vorm and Hugo Lloris are injured with Paulo Gazzaniga filling in between the sticks, but with the former duo getting no younger it wouldn’t be too surprising if Spurs decided to look for a potential new number one sooner rather than later.

Indeed, according to Football Insider Lloris fears that he could be one of the casualties of the Mourinho era, and we said that we believe he is right to be worried.

Nubel a good target?

He certainly looks like he is.

The fact that the 6 foot 4 colossus only recently turned 23 years of age and is the captain of the Bundesliga club speaks volumes – especially as a goalkeeper.

Of course he could follow in Lloris’ footsteps in that regard, but Tottenham would benefit from having another leader in their ranks as they look to achieve their big aims.

It isn’t only the fact he is their skipper which is impressive either, considering he has also been compared to Bayern Munich legend Manuel Neuer.

That is high praise indeed given the 33-year-old has won everything – the World Cup, the Champions League and countless Bundesliga titles, as well as individual honours.

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In addition, given some of Lloris’ mistakes over the course of the last year or so and the fact he doesn’t seem overly confident with the ball at his feet – as shown in September when he dawdled on the ball and gifted Southampton’s Danny Ings a goal – the addition of Nubel could be a God-send, either to provide competition for Gazzaniga or overtake him should the France international be cast aside.

The German has even been described as having “extraordinary footballing ability” by Klaus Thomforde, Germany’s U21 goalkeeper coach, via Bundesliga.com, which suggests he still has a massive future ahead of him.

At 23 years of age that is certainly the case, and Tottenham must look to boost their goalkeeping options by bringing him to the club.

In other Spurs news, Jose Mourinho’s comments on one Pochettino favourite have left Tottenham fans predicting an exit…



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