Harry Redknapp says Heurelho Gomes wants to leave Tottenham Hotspur in January.
Gomes has been first-choice at Spurs in recent years but made a number of high-profile errors last season, and Redknapp moved to bring in 40-year-old Brad Friedel from Aston Villa in the summer.
Since then, Gomes has started just one game - the 5-0 Europa League victory at Hearts - and has not even featured in the squad for the last three matches.
"He's not happy and he's eyeing a January move," Redknapp said in The Sun. "If the chance comes for him to play elsewhere, I'm sure he'll take it.
"I've not bombed out Gomes and made him No 3 keeper but we decided Carlo Cudicini would be better on the bench. Gomes has trained hard but Friedel is fantastic. If ever there was a man who didn't deserve those two beatings by Manchester United and Manchester City, it was him."
Redknapp has also revealed that Giovanni dos Santos, who signed from Barcelona in 2008, could be a part of his plans this season.
Giovanni, 22, had been expected to leave the club during the summer but, after a proposed move to Sevilla failed to come to fruition, he could be given a fresh chance to impress at White Hart Lane.
"Gio wanted to move, but we couldn't let him go," Redknapp said. "We had a ?13 million offer from Udinese for him.
"It was ?10 million down and ?3 million do-able bonuses. A big sell-on. He wouldn't go. He wanted to go to Seville who were offering €3 million. You can't blame the chairman for not letting him go."
He added: "Gio is a talent - he has got a part to play."
Redknapp reiterated that chairman Daniel Levy will offer Luka Modric a new deal after he failed to secure a move to Chelsea.
"Only Gio and Luca are here out of the lads who wanted to go," Redknapp said. "Luka will just get on with it now. Daniel will sit down with Luka and discuss his contract and make a deal with him. We are looking to make him a good offer."
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