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Dubravka

Raziel

Barry Daines
We are delighted to announce the signing of Martin Dubravka.

A vastly experienced Slovakia international goalkeeper, he will join us on 1 July following the expiration of his contract with Burnley.

Martin said: "It's an exciting time for me, a new journey and new experience for me and my family. I'm looking forward to it.

"Everything moved pretty quickly and I'm really happy to be here. I've loved watching Roberto's teams over the years and know all about his style, vision and the fantastic fans here.

"Tottenham Hotspur is one of the biggest clubs in the Premier League and I can't wait to meet everyone and get started."

 
Welcome to the club Dubravka. Excellent backup to Kinsky for the season. He’s reliable if called upon, and with his experience and knowledge he can’t help but support Kinsky’s development. I think it’s a perfect signing for what we needed.
 
Good experience. 35 Slovakia caps. Remember Kinsky is Czech, so does that mean they hate each other or love each other... is that good for empathy and communication between the pair or the opposite?

He played in Slovakia's final game to try to qualify for the WC but Slovakia lost 4-3 to Kosovo and Dubravka got a FotMob score of 4.4 !!!!
Since then in 3 friendlies Slovakia have tried 3 kids instead.


Played 118 times for Newcash from 2018 to 2022, then loaned to MNU for a year, then back at Newcash and played 49 times from 2023 to 2025.
Then last season at Burnley, 35 games. So he has been playing quite a lot!
 
Good experience. 35 Slovakia caps. Remember Kinsky is Czech, so does that mean they hate each other or love each other... is that good for empathy and communication between the pair or the opposite?

He played in Slovakia's final game to try to qualify for the WC but Slovakia lost 4-3 to Kosovo and Dubravka got a FotMob score of 4.4 !!!!
Since then in 3 friendlies Slovakia have tried 3 kids instead.


Played 118 times for Newcash from 2018 to 2022, then loaned to MNU for a year, then back at Newcash and played 49 times from 2023 to 2025.
Then last season at Burnley, 35 games. So he has been playing quite a lot!
The Czechs are more metropolitan, the Slovaks are more country folk. They get on reasonably well
 
If we were 100% confident in Kinsky as #1 this would be a great signing. I would say I am at 90% which is the top of end of where we can be. Dubravka as a pure #2 is as good as you can expect. Fits the style of play and good character. But if at any point he has to become the first choice it won’t be ideal.
 
If we were 100% confident in Kinsky as #1 this would be a great signing. I would say I am at 90% which is the top of end of where we can be. Dubravka as a pure #2 is as good as you can expect. Fits the style of play and good character. But if at any point he has to become the first choice it won’t be ideal.
The only thing i dont like is wasting a non-HG spot on a backup keeper, but is what it is.
 
The only thing i dont like is wasting a non-HG spot on a backup keeper, but is what it is.

Don’t think HG is an issue while we’re not in Europe and when we’re back in it was the club trained that caused the problem. We carry Austin for that.
 
I wonder if we'll also seek to move on Austin this year (we might have to fork out for his 20 years testimonial if not) and use Gunter as #3?
 
I wonder if we'll also seek to move on Austin this year (we might have to fork out for his 20 years testimonial if not) and use Gunter as #3?

Rather see Gunter get a good loan move.
In fact in a season where being club trained does not matter we should sent Austin out as well.
 
The only thing i dont like is wasting a non-HG spot on a backup keeper, but is what it is.

That's quite standard (Lloris had Friedel, Vorm, Lopez, Gazzaniga etc),. It's when the 3rd is OS, like we've occasionally had, that your squad building has gone really wrong
 
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