West Ham hold talks with Premier League rival over replacement for £15m summer signing

West Ham are in talks with Tottenham Hotspur over a loan move for Antonin Kinsky, talkSPORT understands.

And it is believed that Nuno Espirito Santo‘s side are willing to include a buy option in the deal to sign the 22-year-old.

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The Hammers are keen on bringing in a new goalkeeper having kept just one Premier League clean sheet all season – the lowest in the division.

Question marks still remain over the club’s first-choice shot-stopper Alphonse Areola, who has made two goals leading to errors in the top-flight this term.

Meanwhile, Mads Hermansen – a £15million arrival from Leicester last summer – has failed to impress.

The Dane started the opening four league games of the season – shipping in 11 goals – and has been benched for the last 19 fixtures.

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With West Ham in serious danger of relegation into the Championship, the club have identified Kinsky as an option to help the stay up.

Kinsky only moved to Spurs from Slavia Prague in the previous winter transfer window in a deal worth £12.5m.

And having failed to displace Guglielmo Vicario between the sticks, the 22-year-old could be set to join Spurs’ rivals.

In the 12 months since linking up with in London, he has been limited to just 12 appearances across all competitions.

He has been named in Thomas Frank‘s line-up just twice this season, with both of those outings coming in the Carabao Cup.

And with Spurs already dumped out of both domestic cups, it appears unlikely that Kinsky will feature again this campaign barring an injury to Vicario.

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He also knows he needs to be featuring regularly to stand any real chance of potentially heading to the World Cup with Czech Republic in the summer.

The Euro 1976 champions face Republic of Ireland in a play-off semi-final in March, with the winner to face either Denmark or North Macedonia for a place in the global tournament.

Kinsky, who is yet to make his senior debut for his country, hasn’t even been called up to the national team’s squad since 2024 due to his lack of game time.

A move for Kinsky will raise further doubt over the future of Hermansen at the London Stadium.

As talkSPORT told you at the start of January, West Ham are already prepared to cash in on the 25-year-old.

While former West Ham boss and talkSPORT co-host Alan Pardew has stated that Areola’s form needs to be addressed.

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Speaking after Areola made a clanger in West Ham’s 2-1 defeat to Nottingham Forest three weeks ago, Pardew suggested teams are taking advantage of exploiting his weakness.

He said: “If you haven’t got the right personnel, then you’re in trouble, and that’s particularly the case with Areola.

“He’s made a fantastic save in the first half, which is typical of him, but it’s crosses that are a problem.

“He doesn’t look comfortable from crosses, and they’re swinging them right on top of him.

“It’s proving that the goalkeeper situation needs to be addressed very, very quickly.”

Should Kinsky link up with the Hammers, he would be their third signing this window following the arrivals of Pablo and Valentin Castellanos.