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Tottenham Hotspur are close to signing Czech goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky to a long-term deal.
The 21-year-old plays for Czech First League leaders Slavia Prague, where he has kept 12 clean sheets in their 19 league matches.
Sources close to Tottenham have indicated that the Premier League side will pay a fee of more than £10million ($12. 4m) including bonuses and add-ons for Kinsky.
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