Antonin Kinsky is expected to have a small medical procedure after the season, a development that will rule the Czech international out of the World Cup this summer. The issue has been described as medical rather than football-related, ending speculation that had been building around the Tottenham goalkeeper online.
That leaves Sunday’s league-ending, relegation-deciding match against Everton as the next major fixture in Kinsky’s season, and he would probably start in it. Tottenham are set to go into that game needing a result, and Kinsky’s availability matters because he is one of the few keepers in the squad likely to take the gloves at the end of the campaign.
The 21-year-old has yet to make his full senior debut for the Czech Republic, but he had been included on Czechia’s preliminary World Cup roster. Even so, he was one of seven keepers on that list and would have been way behind Matej Kovar and Lukas Hornicek in the pecking order, making it unlikely he would see the pitch even if he had made the final squad.
Rumors had been circulating on social media and among Spurs ITK accounts before Alasdair Gold weighed in with the update, and the reporter described the issue as a small procedure rather than another spurious knock on Tottenham’s physio and medical team. That distinction matters because players with no other commitments often have medical procedures done immediately after the league season ends, and that is the window Kinsky is now expected to use.
For Tottenham, the timing is awkward but manageable. Kinsky is expected to miss the World Cup, but the plan points to a short recovery period measured in a couple of weeks rather than anything longer. The more immediate concern is Sunday and whether he can help see the club through a match that could decide both the season’s finish and its relegation picture.
