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Alfie Whiteman is now on the lookout for a new club after his long association with Tottenham came to an end last month. Coming through the club's system to become part of the first-team setup, the 26-year-old was limited to one senior appearance for his boyhood club but he did collect a Europa League final winners' medal in May following the team's 1-0 triumph over Manchester United.
Tottenham are well stocked in the goalkeeping department following the January arrival of Antonin Kinsky, thus seeing both Whiteman and Fraser Forster leave following the conclusion of their contracts at the end of June. Whiteman has very little first-team experience to his name but clubs such as Blackburn Rovers, Oxford United and Stoke City have been linked with the goalkeeper.
It could be at fellow Championship side Portsmouth where he is playing his football from August onwards, though, as he is currently on trial at the south coast club. Whiteman was not part of Pompey's squad for their 5-0 victory at Farnborough on Wednesday evening but he is currently training with John Mousinho's side at present in hope of earning a permanent contract.
"We changed the two keepers last night, that was all and that was the plan," the Portsmouth boss told The News on why Whiteman wasn't involved against the National League South outfit. "So Alfie’s still here, training with us and will probably feature at the weekend. It’s one where we’re looking at the situation.
"One thing we’re keen to do is have four goalkeepers. One reason for that is for squad depth, but it’s also really beneficial for training. All of the time, or pretty much every single week we’re going to have training sessions where we use four goalkeepers because we have two small-sided games.
"We need that quality because we’ve stepped up a level from where we’ve been for the past couple of years. We have let Toby [Steward] go out on loan so rather than have training goalkeepers or ruining an academy session it’s really important for us to have that squad depth."
Forster and Sergio Reguilon have yet to acquire new clubs since their Tottenham exit but the hope will be that they can secure a move ahead of the new term kicking off. Timo Werner is now back at RB Leipzig after his Spurs loan came to an end, with an exit from the German club appearing to be the on the cards in the weeks ahead.
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