The Italian talks about his journey from nightclubbing in Serie D to being one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League
It is not the typical admission of a top footballer, at least not in public. But then Guglielmo Vicario has not exactly followed a conventional path. When the Tottenham goalkeeper was at the beginning of his career, aged 18, in his first season at senior level, he says that Friday nights tended to mean one thing – nightclubbing.
They were the days when Vicario, who has taken the Premier League by storm since his £16.4m move from Empoli last June, was fighting for recognition – and Serie D survival – with Fontanafredda, a club in Italy’s north-east corner, which had never previously played so high.
Written by David Hytner
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