According to The Pitch Prospect, West Ham are negotiating a loan deal with Tottenham Hotspur for Antonin Kinsky.
And it is understood Nuno Espirito Santo’s side are prepared to include a purchase option in the deal to sign the 22-year-old.
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The Hammers are keen to bring in a new goalkeeper as they have kept just one clean sheet in the Premier League all season – the lowest figure in the league.
Question marks still remain over Alphonse Areola, the club’s first-choice goalkeeper, who scored two goals that resulted in errors in the top flight this season.
Meanwhile, Mads Hermansen, who arrived from Leicester for £15million last summer, failed to impress.
The Dane started the first four league games of the season – scoring eleven goals – and was on the bench in the last 19 games.
Hammer time
With West Ham under serious threat of relegation to the Championship, the club have identified Kinsky as an option to secure relegation.
Kinsky only moved to Spurs from Slavia Prague in the previous winter transfer window in a deal worth £12.5 million.
And given that the 22-year-old has failed to displace Guglielmo Vicario between the posts, he could join Spurs’ rivals.
In the 12 months since his time in London he has only made 12 appearances across all competitions.
He has only been called up to Thomas Frank’s lineup twice this season, both appearances coming in the Carabao Cup.
And with Spurs already eliminated from both domestic cups, it seems unlikely that Kinsky will feature again this season unless Vicario gets injured.
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He also knows that he needs to play regularly to have a real chance of potentially taking part in the World Cup with the Czech Republic in the summer.
The 1976 European champions face the Republic of Ireland in a play-off semi-final in March. The winner will then face either Denmark or North Macedonia for a place in the global tournament.
Kinsky, who has yet to make his senior debut for his country, has not even been called up to the national team squad since 2024 due to a lack of playing time.
A move for Kinsky will cast further doubt on Hermansen’s future at the London Stadium.
As The Pitch Prospect told you at the start of January, West Ham are already poised to cash in on the 25-year-old.
While former West Ham boss and The Pitch Prospect co-host Alan Pardew has stated Areola’s form needs to be addressed.
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After Areola made a mistake in West Ham’s 2-1 defeat to Nottingham Forest three weeks ago, Pardew suggested teams were exploiting his weakness.
He said: “If you don’t have the right staff you are in trouble and that is particularly the case with Areola.”
“He made fantastic saves in the first half, which is typical of him, but it’s the crosses that are a problem.
“He doesn’t look like he’s comfortable with the crosses and they swing them straight over him.
“This proves that the goalkeeping situation needs to be addressed very, very quickly.”
Should Kinsky join the Hammers, he would be the third signing in this window, following the arrivals of Pablo and Valentin Castellanos.