Tottenham Hotspur look set to be the latest club to have made a move for Aston Villa goalkeeper Brad Friedel. The veteran American has been offered a two year deal by Liverpool but would act as understudy to first-choice Pepe Reina.
With Heurelho Gomes reportedly on his way out of White Hart Line with former club PSV keen, Friedel would fight it out for the goalkeeping jersey with Italian Carlo Cudicini who signed a year-long contract extension this week.
The 40-year old former Liverpool player has been in fine form playing in all 38 of Aston Villa’s league games. Friedel played 31 games for Liverpool in a disappointing three-year spell between 1997 and 2000 before spending eight years at Blackburn Rovers.
He moved to Aston Villa in the Summer of 2008 for £2.5 million and the club have offered the player a new deal. West Brom have also tabled an offer but whether Redknapp will be successful in his last-ditch move remains to be seen.
