Antonin Kinsky to miss World Cup after small medical procedure
antonin kinsky will have a small medical procedure after the season and miss the World Cup. The Tottenham goalkeeper is still likely to start Sunday’s league-ending, relegation-deciding match against Everton. The move keeps him available for the closing domestic game, but not for Czechia’s tournament squad.
Kinsky and Czechia’s roster
Kinsky was listed on Czechia’s preliminary World Cup roster, but he was one of seven keepers and was thought to be behind Matej Kovar and Lukas Hornicek. He has yet to make his full senior debut for the Czech Republic, which leaves the procedural decision focused on recovery rather than a tournament place he was not positioned to secure.
The planned work is being described as a medical issue, not a football-related injury. That distinction helps explain why the timeline points to an after-season procedure rather than anything that would alter Tottenham’s immediate selection plans.
Everton at Tottenham
Sunday’s match against Everton carries more than a routine final-day label. It is league-ending and relegation-deciding, and Kinsky is assumed to start in goal. Tottenham therefore appear set to use him in the one game that still sits in front of them before the procedure window opens.
The timing also fits a pattern players often use when they have little football left to play. In this case, Kinsky is choosing the small procedure after the season instead of trying to keep himself available for the World Cup, which means the national-team decision arrives before the summer roster debate can narrow any further.
Seven keepers, one absence
The preliminary Czechia group already had seven keepers, so the omission lands in a crowded position battle rather than at a thin spot in the squad. Kovar and Hornicek were suggested to be ahead of him, and that ranking left Kinsky facing a difficult path even before the procedure became the decisive factor.
For Tottenham, the practical effect is limited to the final day and then the offseason. For Kinsky, the price is clearer: one league-ending appearance may still come, but the World Cup will not.
