This week the New Football Pools pundit Tony Cascarino claimed Tottenham should pull out all the stops to sign Newcastle’s 32-year-old goalkeeper Shay Given to replace error-prone Heurelho Gomes in the Spurs goal. The former Republic of Ireland striker had this to say on the goalkeeping dilemma facing Harry Redknapp at White Hart Lane, “Spurs brought in Gomes to replace Paul Robinson after he made numerous mistakes last season but seemingly nothing has changed. I know that Harry Redknapp has been strongly linked with Newcastle’s Shay Given and for me, he would be perfect for Tottenham”.

The former Millwall and Chelsea star waxed lyrical on the attributes of the Republic of Ireland number 1 when he said, “Having played with Shay I may be a little biased but in my opinion he’s the most underrated goalkeeper in the Premier League”.

“He truly is Mr. Consistency and he can count himself extremely unlucky not to have any of the big four clubs after him. The problem for Shay is that most managers seem to want to bring in goalkeepers with a huge stature”.

Given is being tipped to cost around £6m despite his age but Cascarino doesn’t see that being a negative, “I don’t see that being a problem for Harry as in goalkeeper terms, he’s relatively young. After all, Harry signed David James at Portsmouth at 36. Shay still has at least 4 or 5 years at the top level so it’s not a risk at all as he is extremely fit, hasn’t suffered that many injuries in his career and has an excellent attitude.”

Given isn’t the only Premier League keeper being linked to the club in recent weeks with Portsmouth veteran and England number one David James also rumoured to be a target. There’s also Robert Green at West Ham and Manchester United’s 3rd choice keeper Ben Foster. It’s widely expected that Redknapp will look to bring in a stopper with experience in the Premier League after the arrival of the highly-rated Gomes so spectacularly backfired.

So would you replace Gomes with another keeper at White Hart Lane or would you persevere in the hope he can recapture his old form? If you would replace him who would be your choice to come in? Vote and let’s hear your views.

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