Fabio Paratici has already saved Tottenham £12.9m to hand Antonio Conte major transfer boost

The summer of 2022 was always going to be a key one in the goalkeeping department at Tottenham with a number of players out of contract. Last signing a contract extension back in December 2016, Hugo Lloris' long-term future was up in the air with the World Cup winner entering the final few years of his career.

Amid talk of a return to France at some point before hanging up his gloves, there was always the possibility that the 2021/22 campaign would be the Frenchman's last at Tottenham following a decade at the club. Question marks then surrounded what would happen with Pierluigi Gollini come the end of his loan spell from Italian side Atalanta. Getting game time in the cup competitions, the Italian had not done enough to push Lloris for a permanent spot in the team but the Lilywhites still faced a decision over whether to make his loan move permanent or not due to a clause in their deal with the Serie A club.

That wasn't it in terms of between the sticks either as young duo Brandon Austin and Alfie Whiteman's deals were also set to expire at the end of June. With so much to be done at the club this summer to help take Antonio Conte's team to the next level, there was the possibility of the club's four goalkeepers moving on elsewhere, thus handing Fabio Paratici a huge Tottenham summer transfer mission in the process.

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Amid the uncertainty over Lloris as he entered the final six months of his deal and could now talk to foreign clubs about a contract for the 2022/23 campaign, Spurs announced midway through January that the 35-year-old had extended his deal until the summer of 2024 after signing a new two-and-a-half year contract.