Inter Milan chief travels to London as Guglielmo Vicario green-lights Tottenham exit

Tottenham could be about to wave goodbye to a mainstay player this summer, as Inter Milan make their intentions crystal clear.

Spurs battle to Atlético Madrid win after encouraging display

It was the kind of night Tottenham supporters had almost forgotten was possible.

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Three goals, a first home win in two months, a raucous Tottenham Hotspur Stadium finally roaring in unison.

Xavi Simons, brilliant all evening, capped a man-of-the-match display with a curling second-half strike and a composed stoppage-time penalty, alongside the heroic performance of Archie Gray.

Randal Kolo Muani headed home a superb Mathys Tel cross to get the ball rolling. The crowd dared to dream, even when Julian Alvarez and David Hancko pulled Atletico level twice over, because this Spurs side kept coming back.

They went out 7-5 on aggregate. They had too much to do after the catastrophe in Madrid a week earlier, but the 3-2 win on the night snapped an eight-game winless streak and delivered something equally valuable — a fragment of self-belief.

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The midfielder has lavished praise on him.

Igor Tudor called it “a good direction”, and the players left to a standing ovation. For a club that has been in freefall since January, last night really mattered.

Now though, attention turns to what this season means for the summer — and one development from Italy this morning threatens to complicate life at N17 considerably.

Guglielmo Vicario approves Tottenham exit to Inter Milan

Guglielmo Vicario was solid between the sticks last night.

The Italian goalkeeper, signed from Empoli in 2023, has been one of Tottenham’s more consistent performers this season, despite some criticism, and made a crucial reflex save from a Giuliano Simeone deflection that briefly steadied the ship at 1-0.

His presence, composure and quality on his best day have been pretty clear since the day he arrived, which makes what Italian outlet Calciomercato and journalist Pasquale Garro are reporting all the more significant.

According to the report, Inter Milan sporting director Piero Ausilio has travelled to London specifically to open formal discussions over Vicario.

More strikingly, Vicario himself has given his personal approval to a move — and is said to want to leave Tottenham this summer.

The Inter connection is not new.

In 2023, when Vicario was still at Empoli, the Nerazzurri were tracking him closely and came close to signing him before Spurs swooped in with their full financial firepower and completed the deal quickly.

Inter never forgot about him, and now they are back.

The timing raises serious questions for Spurs. If the club are relegated — a genuine possibility with eight Premier League games remaining and just a point of daylight between them and the bottom three — a fire sale becomes inevitable.

But even if they stay up, losing a goalkeeper of Vicario’s calibre would represent a damaging blow at the start of what should be a rebuilding summer. Finding a replacement of similar quality is no straightforward task.

There will be those who point to last night’s win as evidence that the corner has been turned under Tudor. The spirit, the fight, the atmosphere — all real.

However, the Premier League run-in is a different kind of pressure entirely, beginning with Nottingham Forest at home on Sunday in what amounts to a six-pointer

Last night gave Spurs fans something to cheer, but the Vicario news gives them something to worry about, even if he hasn’t been perfect.