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Alasdair Gold

Tottenham confirm loan signing of Atalanta goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini

Tottenham have confirmed the signing of Atalanta goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini on a season-long loan with an option to make his move permanent.

The 26-year-old Bologna-born goalkeeper becomes the club's first signing of the Fabio Paratici and Nuno Espirito Santo era.

Gollini has been capped at U18, 19, 20 and 21 levels for Italy, and made his senior debut off the bench in a Euro 2020 qualifying match against Bosnia & Herzegovina in November, 2019.

The deal is subject to international clearance.

The Italian will now isolate at The Lodge, the hotel within Tottenham's Hotspur Way training complex with a private training pitch allocated to him, for a total of five days before he can join in training next week.

Gollini played his youth football at Verona and Manchester United before returning to Verona to make his Serie A debut in September 2014. He played 27 times the next season and earned a move to Aston Villa in July 2016.

He played 20 times for Villa in the Championship in 2016/17 before moving back to Italy initially on loan at Atalanta, a move made permanent in June 2018.

The Italian has since played 108 times in all competitions for the Bergamo club, including 10 appearances in the Champions League in 2019/20 and 2020/21.

He played 32 times last season as Atalanta finished third in Serie A and were runners-up in the Coppa Italia.

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