{"id":5458,"date":"2026-06-25T10:52:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=5458"},"modified":"2026-06-25T10:52:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:52:54","slug":"martin-dubravka-transfer-news-tottenham-sign-burnley-goalkeeper-on-free-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=5458","title":{"rendered":"Martin Dubravka transfer news: Tottenham sign Burnley goalkeeper on free transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/tottenham-hotspur\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Tottenham<\/b><\/a><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">  have agreed a deal to sign goalkeeper Martin Dubravka on a free transfer when his contract with <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/burnley\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Burnley<\/b><\/a><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">  expires on 1 July.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 37-year-old, who had previous spells at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/newcastle-united\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Newcastle United<\/a> and Manchester Untied, played 35 times for the Clarets in the Premier League last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Slovakian is Roberto de Zerbi&#8217;s fourth summer signing after defenders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/cddl0glz4p7o\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Marcos Senesi<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/c1l2lzzg2nyo\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Andy Robertson<\/a> joined on free transfers, with the Netherlands defender Jan Paul van Hecke <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/cgqj33gq21jo\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">arriving from Brighton for \u00a352m.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/newcastle-united\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Newcastle<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/cy4en7q3j77o\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">rejected an offer<\/a> worth about \u00a380m from Spurs for midfielder Sandro Tonali.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There are also doubts over the future of Italy keeper Guglielmo Vicario and uncertainty over whether he will stay at Spurs after attracting interest from Serie A clubs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s an exciting time for me, a new journey and new experience for me and my family. I&#8217;m looking forward to it,&#8221; Dubravka said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Everything moved pretty quickly and I&#8217;m really happy to be here. I&#8217;ve loved watching Roberto&#8217;s teams over the years and know all about his style, vision and the fantastic fans here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/tottenham-hotspur\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Tottenham<\/a> continue to strengthen their defence after back-to-back 17th-placed finishes in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dubravka is a reliable shot-stopper after playing 197 times in the Premier League, registering 51 clean sheets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Vicario and Antonin Kinsky both spent time as Spurs&#8217; number one goalkeeper last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Kinsky, 23, finished the season as number one and produced a stunning save against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/leeds-united\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Leeds United<\/a> that proved vital in keeping De Zerbi&#8217;s side in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">His form was a swift turnaround from March, when he was replaced in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/cly18g0lym4o\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">17th minute of their Champions League last-16 tie at Atletico Madrid<\/a> after conceding three goals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I am very happy because Martin is a goalkeeper with big experience and a strong mentality,&#8221; De Zerbi added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;He has very important qualities for me and will bring balance, leadership and competitiveness to our dressing room.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham have agreed a deal to sign goalkeeper Martin Dubravka on a free transfer when his contract with Burnley expires&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}