Tottenham have announced the signing of goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga from Southampton for an undisclosed fee.
The Argentine has signed a contract until 2022 and will provide further competition for Hugo Lloris and Michel Vorm as third choice goalkeeper.
?️ Paulo: “This is an amazing Club. I’m very happy and so excited to be here.” #WelcomePaulo pic.twitter.com/t0TJg2EqfC
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) August 23, 2017
Gazzaniga, 25, worked under his countryman Mauricio Pochettino when the Spurs manager was in charge at Southampton.
Tottenham have already announced the arrival of centre-back Davinson Sanchez from Ajax. The club is also believed to be working on deals to bring in Estudiantes defender Juan Foyth and PSG right-back Serge Aurier.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to the signing of Gazzaniga.
We are delighted to announce the signing of Paulo Gazzaniga from Southampton. #WelcomePaulo pic.twitter.com/HShMXKNGdu
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) August 23, 2017
Decent. Good option for a 3rd choice #COYS
— Sam Ruff (@Sam_Ruff97) August 23, 2017
Can we sign someone who is actually going to play??#COYS #THFC
— Tyler Rose (@TylerRose__) August 23, 2017
I saw this and thought “omg Aurier, Barkley, Keita?!?” but oh great it’s a third choice keeper ?
— Kieran Kirschner (@kkirschy23) August 23, 2017
3rd string keeper incoming! Not a fancy signing, but something we needed to address. https://t.co/1fE3gKknsX
— Cleveland Spurs (@ClevelandSpurs) August 23, 2017
#thfc Signing #2: goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga arrives from Southampton, signing 5-year contract. His last PL match was against Spurs in 2015.
— Ben Pearce (@BenPearceSpurs) August 23, 2017
Spurs gonna drop a new signing every two days until the window shuts.
— Spooky (@Spooky23) August 23, 2017
Slightly question Gazzaniga’s ambitions. Hasn’t played since late 2015, now joins a club to be third choice.
— Alan (@LaptopManager_) August 23, 2017
Craziest thing about this deal is that he’s got a five year contract. Five years! Amazed if he makes five appearances
— The Spurs Report (@spurs_report) August 23, 2017
Just the signing we’ve all been craving for??
— Spurs In The Blood (@SpursInTheBlood) August 23, 2017
Spurs keeping us on our toes by announcing the least exciting our remaining signings first. Also, #22 for a keeper? Really? #WelcomePaulo
— Nikhil Saglani (@Nikhil_Saglani) August 23, 2017
its great that we’re signing backs and goalkeepers particularly now that champions league will start soon. but we really need a playmaker, a dead ball specialist and a decent left winger. In particular I am concerned about the number of set pieces to goal scored ratio which at 7% in our last season is very poor. remember how many times Bale got us out of really tight CL matches with his brilliance with dead balls.
Hopefully gazzanigga is just spurs getting us ready for a big announcement like keita, aurier and barkley all at once