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Player Cristian Romero

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Romero drops huge Spurs transfer hint as he reveals preferred move

Spurs keen to try “new places” as he cast doubt over future in north London
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Tottenham defender Cristian Romero says he is open to leaving the club at the end of the season and would "love to play in La Liga".
Romero, who is Spurs' vice-captain, will have two years left on his contract at the end of the campaign and is a reported target for Spanish giants Atletico Madrid.

Asked by Argentine journalist Gastón Edul on his TV show 'Los Edu' about his future, Romero said: "I’d love to play La Liga. I’d love to, honestly.
"It depends on a lot of things. We’ll see after the [English] championship is over. The truth is, I haven’t spoken to my agent yet, but I’m open to anything. My goal is always to grow and go to new places to continue developing."

"Above all else, I try to take one day at a time," added Romero. "There are two months left until the end of the season and I'm always thinking about performing at my best. We're in the Europa League semi-finals. It's an important step for the club which hasn't reached this stage for so many years. I'd like to win it."
 
LLB Part Deux said:
We were all blowing smoke up his arse a season or two ago. Even last year, VDV and Romero had some of the highest average ratings despite a porous defence. He got defender of the season in Italy and won the WC.

He's always been rough around the edges but there is a huge difference between his ceiling and where he's currently at for us in the league. He's a good defender playing badly, not a bad defender.
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He’s good on the ball but I don’t see a great deal of other attributes to make him a good defender.

He loses his man far too often on set pieces, seems to have lead in his boots when it comes to jumping for the ball, has poor positional awareness, goes walkabout far too often exposing the back line, is often clumsy giving away unnecessary fouls, and switches off and loses concentration.

Other than that he’s a good defender! 😂
 
Kaz Hirai said:
this is for Ange, they aren't shy teenagers. But he has shown that he doesn't have a clue how to organize a defence at premier league level
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Yup. People would have said Jan Vertonghen was a bad defender (or more likely 'luxury' defender) in his first few months at the club, but then we bought in Toby alongside him, and Poch managed them into one of the best CB pairings in the league. I have a feeling that we have good defenders who are being badly instructed and motivated.
 
Harrier said:
He loses his man far too often on set pieces, seems to have lead in his boots when it comes to jumping for the ball, has poor positional awareness, goes walkabout far too often exposing the back line, is often clumsy giving away unnecessary fouls, and switches off and loses concentration.
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These are mostly things that have got worse over time, barring the unnecessary fouls issue which has always been the case.

The massive issue with him at the moment, as you say, is concentration. He simply doesn't have these issues when playing important cup games or internationals.
 
Notabadsquad said:
Shouldn't play again for the club. Divisive character, who needs to be ejected in the summer.

I just hope Levy and the club don't offer this waster more money or set an exorbitant price on his head.

Some will defend the guy's right and side with him. Not me. Wnaker.
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I’ve been a massive fan of him but I’d start Danso with Mickey now. He wants to defend and looks really happy to be here.

I have nothing against Cuti or anyone else wanting to go somewhere else because he’s unlikely to win with us. If a player feels the club don’t really give a fuck about winning then why should they stick around?

The club is letting the fans down. Have done for a long time and that won’t change till Levy and Co go.
 
I don't think I am the only one who's having a hard time understanding him.
I haven't seen a player who's changed my opinion - and of a few others, too, I would be believe - so many times. At times he's borderline world class, a few times he is even world class, brilliant, mediocre, a liability, stability, dependable, unreliable, workhorse, good header, bad header, slow on the ball, good on the ball, tough, too touch, not tough enough, hard tackler, too hard tackler, bad tackler, intense, too intense, not uninterested...
This guy confuses me a bit :cool:
 
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BJK said:
People get taken in so easily by defenders/keepers who can pass the ball these days, no matter how average they can be in their primary duties. Hell, even great footballing minds fall victim to this from time to time. Remember the time when Guardiola thought Claudio Bravo would make a good/great EPL goalkeeper?

There's no need to dig deeper to try to unearth something that isn't really there, what you see is what you (will) get with this guy: A rich man's Vlad Chiriches.
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I’d say it’s actually really important, otherwise you’ll struggle to build a real performance and you definitely won’t be a top team. If anything I’d say people get taken in by a defender who’ll make a last ditch block or tackle that looks eye catching in slow motion. Positioning, timing and ability on the ball are the barometer for a premier league centre half.

Romero has that when he’s on it. He and the team have been shown up by crosses from wide. It’s been the same when Romero hasn’t played. It’s not all on them though

It’s not easy as a centre half If there’s no pressure on the cross. Players can time there runs and you can get any angle on a cross you want. I’d say if anything it’s VDV that has hoodwinked people with his eye catching bursts back and sliding in when he’s been caught out ball watching

Romero has had a poor season no getting away from it and has had lapses in concentration and if he wants to go so be it but it’s more a reflection on us as a team this year. I’d want a top centre half to come into replace him and one that’s very good on the ball.
 
He checked out months ago... you'll see a bit of effort in the Europa but I wouldn't play him in the PL again. Can't believe I wasted time debating this blokes credentials with someone who thought he was a top table defender because he pings the odd 40 yard ball. He's a fucking liability who must be moved on in the summer even if we have to take a small loss. Real don't want him so if it's the other Madrid club lets see if we can get Gallagher in exchange.
 
This is just the start.
Anyone who was unhappy with us targeting top 4 football and not winning cups will have to get used to this.
I think the Kane/Poch era made many of you a little too cocky that we'd always keep players and challenge. The truth is, we were also teetering on the edge of regression back to the early 00's

Romero clearly can't be arsed to put in the performances and that is reason enough to let him go.
But make no mistake, he is a good player that we will struggle to replace.
 
Pathfinder said:
I don't think I am not the only one who's having a hard time understanding him.
I haven't seen a player who's changed my opinion - any of a few others I would be believe - so many times. At times he's borderline world class, a few times he is even world class, brilliant, mediocre, a liability, stability, dependable, unreliable, workhorse, good header, bad header, slow on the ball, good on the ball, tough, too touch, not tough enough, hard tackler, too hard tackler, bad tackler, intense, too intense, not uninterested...
This guy confuses me a bit :cool:
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Looking too much into it Pathfinder... the guy has the concentration of a gold fish and will make two or three mistakes a game. He's reckless, can't defend properly and has no leadership qualities despite our head coach bestowing some responsibility on him. On the plus side, he can ping a 40-50 yard pass once every two or three games. In summary, he's your bog standard, bottom half of the table PL defender with a WC winners medal thanks largely to the brilliance of the teammates.
 
_mehstg said:
Looking too much into it Pathfinder... the guy has the concentration of a gold fish and will make two or three mistakes a game. He's reckless, can't defend properly and has no leadership qualities despite our head coach bestowing some responsibility on him. On the plus side, he can ping a 40-50 yard pass once every two or three games. In summary, he's your bog standard, bottom half of the table PL defender with a WC winners medal thanks largely to the brilliance of the teammates.
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I agree with some of what you say but even Messi labelled him world class after his Argentina displays - and he was a vital reason for why Argentina did win the WC in 2022.
I'll give some credit to Lionel Scaloni for getting the best out of Romero, even though he rarely get the chance to coach Romoer ...while Angelos has seen him week-in and week-out for the last 2 seasons, and still not knowing how to get the best out of Romero (and the rest of the Spurs' squad).
 
So nice of Romero to show his class. Talking about being open to leaving when he is a contributory factor in the current shit show.

Good job he’s not part of the “leadership” group or the vice captain, if he was this would be a real bad spit in all our faces.
 
Matt1882 said:
This is just the start.
Anyone who was unhappy with us targeting top 4 football and not winning cups will have to get used to this.
I think the Kane/Poch era made many of you a little too cocky that we'd always keep players and challenge. The truth is, we were also teetering on the edge of regression back to the early 00's

Romero clearly can't be arsed to put in the performances and that is reason enough to let him go.
But make no mistake, he is a good player that we will struggle to replace.
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He’s a great player at his best but we’ve not often see that. He will be brilliant at Atletico no doubt, but we can replace him. Danso looks a solid player
 
Can't blame him for having a desire to potentially move on. My instinct with what he's said and the timing of it, is he's not adamant about leaving, but being shrewd and giving himself options just in case Ange doesn't get the sack and this shit show continues even longer than it currently should.

So with that said, he'll probs leave.
 
Matt1882 said:
This is just the start.
Anyone who was unhappy with us targeting top 4 football and not winning cups will have to get used to this.
I think the Kane/Poch era made many of you a little too cocky that we'd always keep players and challenge. The truth is, we were also teetering on the edge of regression back to the early 00's

Romero clearly can't be arsed to put in the performances and that is reason enough to let him go.
But make no mistake, he is a good player that we will struggle to replace.
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I honestly dont blame him either. If anything I'd be questioning why you'd be happy to stay as a player if you had any drive or ambition. Let's face it, most of them seem to be happy to have a nice kick about at our expense.
 
Count me in the group that thinks he’s a top class player when on form but if those quotes are real, he shouldn’t be playing in our biggest games of the year coming up.

I want everyone on the pitch 100% committed to winning for Spurs.
 
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