As soon as Michel Vorm’s name was on the team-sheet for the clash against Norwich on Wednesday night, you may have sensed the Dutchman would go on to play a key role.

The former Swansea goalkeeper hadn’t played for Tottenham since the Champions League tie against PSV back in 2018, and naturally, as third-choice, hasn’t seen much game-time.

Hugo Lloris has been the north London side’s undisputed number one, whilst Paulo Gazzaniga has had the role of being his deputy. But for some bizarre reason, Jose Mourinho decided to throw Vorm into the mix against the Canaries, and promptly saw the veteran play a big part in his team’s demise.

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The 36-year-old provided a glimpse of the catastrophe he was about to make, when he almost threw the ball into the net from a rather speculative effort from a Norwich player. And then, his butter-fingers were at it again, only this time, it proved to be far more costly. Josip Drmic pounced on his amateurish spill, and scored the equaliser, with Daniel Farke’s side going on to progress in the FA Cup via penalties.

And whilst Vorm can take credit for making one penalty save in the shoot-out, his rusty and calamitous display over the course of the 120 minutes is a damning indictment on both Mourinho, and Daniel Levy.

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The former, as manager of the club, took the decision to place his faith in his side’s third-choice shot-stopper, despite Gazzaniga being fit and ready on the bench. The latter sanctioned his exit from the club last summer, only to then back-track and re-sign him a couple of months later due to Lloris’ injury.

Once the decision was made to let Vorm go following the end of his deal, surely there must have been a recognition on Levy’s part that another goalkeeper was needed as precaution. The chairman could have provided the green-light for Spurs to go after another back-up shot-stopper, instead of turning back to someone who they quite clearly felt wasn’t up to scratch and didn’t need.

Both Levy and Mourinho’s respective puzzling decisions in bringing him back, and then playing him, back-fired spectacularly on Wednesday night.

Meanwhile, this man’s exit is yet another mess created by Daniel Levy.