Former Tottenham Hotspur defender Alan Hutton believes Jan Oblak would like a transfer to north London over different choices.
In response to the Night Customary, Spurs have made the Atletico Madrid goalkeeper their “major goal to be their subsequent no.1” and have already contacted him a few attainable transfer.
With Hugo Lloris now 35 and his contract expiring in 2024, Fabio Paratici and Antonio Conte are stated to be contemplating long-term choices for the place. He’s been with the membership for a decade, but it surely seems now that the membership has critically began on the lookout for a substitute for the Frenchman.
They might face competitors for Oblak, with Manchester United additionally within the 29-year-old, however Hutton believes Spurs would have the higher hand in a switch race.
He advised Soccer Insider:
“I feel now, the way in which Tottenham are and the way in which they’re enjoying beneath the brand new supervisor, they’re doing rather well.
“They’ve bought Champions League soccer, which is all the time a bonus. They’ll want a long-term successor to Hugo Lloris, he’s 35 now. Oblak may very well be there for the subsequent 5, six, seven, eight years and that’s in all probability what they’re on the lookout for. He’s bought a wealth of expertise enjoying at a excessive stage, so you realize what you’re getting when he comes by the door. He’ll be a frontrunner, little doubt.
“It’ll be a tough one to try to choose. However I feel when you’ve bought the chance to go to Tottenham and be primary, he’d need to take that.
“If you happen to go to Manchester United and De Gea’s nonetheless there, then you definitely’re quantity two for the subsequent couple of seasons, it’s not nice. In order that’s why he’d presumably lean in the direction of Tottenham.”
The 6x Slovenian participant of the 12 months has established himself as one in every of Europe’s greatest goalkeepers after a stellar profession with Atletico Madrid. He joined Atletico Madrid as a 21-year-old in 2014 and has since performed 360 occasions in all competitions. Oblak has stored a clear sheet practically each two video games for Atletico Madrid, with 178 clear sheets in 361 appearances.