Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp is close to bringing a fourth Croatian to White Hart Lane after confirming his interest in Spartak Moscow goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa.
Luka Modric, Vedran Corluka and Niko Kranjcar are all currently on Spurs' books, and Redknapp has spoken of his admiration of all the Croatian players he has worked with during his career.
He was quoted on croatiansoccerreport.com as saying:"I might be taking another goalkeeper from Croatia – Pletikosa. (There is) every chance I might be getting him so that's good.
"I'd say the best players I ever managed in my life have been Croatian boys. They're fantastic boys. I've had Igor Stimac, Slaven Bilic, Davor Suker. Robert Prosinecki was a genius. They were fantastic footballers and all of them were great guys."
Pletikosa is his country's most capped goalkeeper. He lost his starting place for Euro 2004 due to injury but was again first choice at the World Cup in Germany two years later.
He endured an unhappy spell in Ukraine with Shakhtar Donetsk before signing for Spartak and made his international debut in February 1999 against Denmark.
Pletikosa turned down the opportunity to join Spurs in January.Subscribe to Football FanCast News Headlines by Email