According to reports, Tottenham are open to selling Paulo Gazzaniga in the January transfer window if a "suitable offer" comes in for the goalkeeper.

What's the story?

The Argentina international had been the club's number two goalkeeper over the years behind Hugo Lloris, but Joe Hart's arrival in the summer has seen him slip further down the pecking order at Jose Mourinho's side.

Now, Football.London claim that Gazzaniga's future will be a "talking point this month", and that "he may be allowed to move on if a suitable offer comes in given they are well stocked in the goalkeeping department".

Robbing Daniel Levy blind

Earning around £20k-a-week, Gazzaniga has been picking up a pay-cheque at Spurs this season for doing absolutely nothing at all.

Speaking after omitting him from the Europa League squad for this season, Mourinho said: "It is very difficult, to leave a player out is like to stop the player to fight for something he wants, that is always is very, very hard.

"The good thing is in January you can change, so if you have a different view you change. The Gazzaniga situation, with Hugo and Joe we believe that for the next couple of months we can do it with an academy goalkeeper, with a young English kid."

Barring a miraculous set of circumstances, a third-choice goalkeeper at a club like Spurs is highly unlikely to play, which is why bringing in an academy player into the fold a) saves a lot of money and b) gives them exposure to the first-team too.

At 28, Gazzaniga isn't going to develop into a world-class goalkeeper capable of ousting Lloris, whilst the fact Hart has overtaken him in the pecking order after being let go by Burnley says it all.

He's robbing Spurs chairman Daniel Levy blind at the moment, and it's exactly why Spurs just have to make a ruthless decision to sell the man Mourinho once dubbed as "magic".