Player Watch Player Watch: Cristian Romero

[spursfan77]

I must be the only one who thinks Romero is being a bit of an idiot here.

No. Imagine if Regullion is actually injured and it means we cant sell him (if we want to).

Anyone else think Romero is one of those people who can dish it out but cant take it? He comes across as one of those to me.

 

[spursfan77]

They don't wear shin pads during training, so unsurprising there are a few cuts etc.

It's doubtful Reggie just put this up out of spite; I'm sure they joked about it at/after training and this is just banter.

https://tenor.com/QxZe.gif

 

[taidgh]

https://tenor.com/QxZe.gif

Yeah, there term banter has taken a bit of battering in recent years, but as long as it's two mates joking with each other, there's not a better word. The harmful stuff is basically bullying, which I don't see happening here.

 

[newbie]

I like Cuti very much but I don't rate him quite as highly as others do.
If he does truly want to stay then I am hoping we can build the defence around him and the reinforcements we are hopefully on the way to getting.

when he is on it he is a class above, how he will do in a 2 higher up the pitch no idea!

 

[SlotBadger]

Caption this. Wrong answers only.

”I put the STD in stud. All I need is U.”

 

[Bing]

He seems a little too chummy with that GLC fella.....GLC is like that friend when you were a kid who tries to turn you against your parents. Before you know it Cuti will be smoking behind the lodge and screaming "I hate you" at Daniel.

 

[mark87]

 

[Bluto Blutarsky]

Spoiler: Article

Cristian Romero admits rift grew between Tottenham stars and Conte but Postecoglou is right man​

The Tottenham Hotspur defender has opened up in an honest interview about the problems at the club, his future and claims about his motivation​

Alasdair Gold
Cristian Romero and Ivan Perisic meeting children at the Perth Children's Hospital during Tottenham's pre-season tour
Cristian Romero admits a rift had formed between the Tottenham players and Antonio Conte and that he has turned down offers to leave this summer while slamming suggestions that he chooses country over club.

While the Argentina international is excited by what he has seen in the early days of the Ange Postecoglou era, he admits that when he returned from winning the World Cup in Qatar in December he could sense a change in the camp around Conte. Spurs had begun to struggle under the Italian, exiting all of the cup competitions and had begun sliding down the table by the time the former Chelsea boss left in March.

Ultimately Tottenham would concede 63 goals in the Premier League last season with Romero admitting his own part in the defensive woes and finished in eight place, meaning no European football this season for the first time 14 years. The 25-year-old said that the change in mood around the club had already become clear when he came back from the mid-season tournament in Qatar.

"After winning the World Cup, I came to Tottenham and the group was a little separated from the manager, but I feel responsible for the poor season we had," he said.

"I'm not happy that the season ended in that way and I'm readying myself to repay all of the trust that the club put in me and I'll be working to give my best.

"The new manager has brought us renewed hope, the group is looking great right now and we'll try to have a great season to propel Tottenham as high as possible."

Despite returning from lifting the world's biggest football prize, Romero further explained that it wasn't his own impetus than had dropped but a clear separation forming between the players and their Italian head coach.

"No, nothing changed with regard to my motivation. It was always the same. It was just that they were different circumstances. When I came to the club the group were somewhat separate from the staff. This is very difficult," he said.

"My first match [back] was Spurs vs Villa at home. That's where it all started. We won one game, then we'd lose two and when things are divided and not everyone is pulling in the same direction; coaches, players, not pulling in the same direction, it becomes very difficult, but obviously, as I said before, I'm the first to take responsibility for the poor season we had.

"These things that happened are in the past, we have to use it as an example so we don't do it again and this season we have to try to do things in the right way so we can ensure the club is as successful as possible."

One suggestion that clearly irks Romero is the claim from some Tottenham fans that his motivation lies more with playing for Argentina than for his club. It is a theory based on the World Cup winner's unfortunately-timed injuries during his two years at Spurs which have seen him miss the end of both seasons before heading off to join up with his national side.

Also towards the latter stages of the pandemic, when South America was still red listed as a destination, Romero, along with Giovani Lo Celso and Davinson Sanchez went to play for Argentina and Colombia respectively and had to quarantine for 10 days on a Croatian island before they could return, missing Tottenham matches in the process.

However, the mere suggestion that he gives anything less than 100% for Tottenham is not one that is well received and he admits he has turned down offers to leave the club this summer.

"I think the people that say this clearly don't know me because I’m contracted to the club for many [more] years. I always try to give my best," he said. "Obviously last season it didn't always turn out great and you accept that. When things don't go well, you're the first to hold your hands up.

"As I said before, I'll take that, but I always try to give absolutely everything on the field. I always try to repay that trust that the fans, the club and everyone else put in me and I’ll try to come back in this coming season, by having good games so we can push the club as high up as possible.

"If I didn't feel the same passion [for Spurs as I do for Argentina], I would look to leave the club. Obviously I'm not happy with how last season ended for me and as I said before, I'm the first to hold my hands up and say it wasn't the best season but when I got offers from other clubs to move away for this coming season, I said no because I want to have my best years here. I really like the Premier League, I really like Tottenham and I want to be here for many more years to come.

"Now the group is in a good way. When I arrived at Tottenham I felt the group were the same. I see a manager here that has brought back hope because he wants to compete, wants to win and I think things haven't worked out for the club in the last few seasons but were still making significant strides and doing good things because it's not easy to start winning from one day to the next, but Spurs are continuing to progress in every sense and I believe we will achieve big things."

His new head coach Postecoglou certainly appears to have left his mark on a defender who believes that the Australian is exactly the right manager at the right time.

"We have renewed hunger with the new manager. We know that he's a very good manager from the first few days we've worked with him," said the Argentine. "The group's in good shape. I feel we have recharged the batteries. Last season wasn't a good one and we are readying ourselves to have a great season.

"I think he's exactly the manager that the club needed and we'll try to give the best of ourselves in order get Tottenham as high as possible, to give the fans the opportunity to feel that we're all in it together and that they can support us in the way that they always do and we'll try and do our best this coming season."

Romero does not believe Postecoglou has changed too much in the way the Spurs players are working but that he has shifted the overall philosophy and the way he wants the game played to the front foot.

"The biggest changes, well I don't think they are significant changes, but it's a playing style that I think Tottenham always had. It's about taking more risks, taking control of the game, trying to control games," explained the centre-back.

"We know that the Premier League is a very tough league but we'll try to really impose ourselves on every game in the way we weren't able to last season and with the new manager, right now, I see the team looking really good.

"Naturally there still are lots of things improve on, lots of things to learn in terms of what the manager asks of us but I think we are on the right path."

Tottenham and Romero are likely to lose their captain Hugo Lloris this summer, with the Frenchman having asked to be left out of the club's tour to Australia and Asia in order to find a new club, having publicly declared that after 11 years he needed a fresh challenge.

Romero admits he will be extremely disappointed if the embarrassing defeat at Newcastle, in which Lloris was injured in the first half, ends up being the captain's final match for the club. He felt that game at St James' Park as Spurs collapsed in the rain under a hail of goals was just one of many examples of how the team had started to fall apart.

"I think before [the Newcastle defeat] the group were already in a bad way and as I said, there was a divide between the players and the coach and in a competition like the Premier League, if you're not all pulling in the same direction, it's really tough and you saw that, not just against Newcastle but in the Liverpool game too. In the first 20 minutes they put three past us. Against Manchester United, they were 2-0 up in the first half," he said.


"I'm not happy at all [with Lloris' last game potentially being the one v Newcastle] because Hugo is a great guy and he's given a great deal to the club. I think he deserves the very best. I wish the best for him and his family.

"Naturally I'll miss him a great deal [if he goes] because he was a really important person for me when I arrived at the club. He always helped me out and he still helps me now. So, I'm going to miss him dearly of course if he leaves, but I wish him and his family well for the future."

Cristian Romero was speaking at Perth Children’s Hospital, Western Australia’s specialist paediatric hospital which provides medical care to children aged 15 and under. Romero took the time to meet with patients and staff as well as delivering presents on behalf of the Club.

 

[bubble07]

Good interview

 

[Joshua]

Nice to see one of our big hitters come out talking about commitment and positivity. Just need to get him an adequate partner now.

 

[Col_M]

I squirm at the thought of Kane facing up to play us and Cuti reintroducimg himself.

 

[bomberH]

Spoiler: Article

Cristian Romero admits rift grew between Tottenham stars and Conte but Postecoglou is right man​

The Tottenham Hotspur defender has opened up in an honest interview about the problems at the club, his future and claims about his motivation​

Alasdair Gold
Cristian Romero and Ivan Perisic meeting children at the Perth Children's Hospital during Tottenham's pre-season tour
Cristian Romero admits a rift had formed between the Tottenham players and Antonio Conte and that he has turned down offers to leave this summer while slamming suggestions that he chooses country over club.

While the Argentina international is excited by what he has seen in the early days of the Ange Postecoglou era, he admits that when he returned from winning the World Cup in Qatar in December he could sense a change in the camp around Conte. Spurs had begun to struggle under the Italian, exiting all of the cup competitions and had begun sliding down the table by the time the former Chelsea boss left in March.

Ultimately Tottenham would concede 63 goals in the Premier League last season with Romero admitting his own part in the defensive woes and finished in eight place, meaning no European football this season for the first time 14 years. The 25-year-old said that the change in mood around the club had already become clear when he came back from the mid-season tournament in Qatar.

"After winning the World Cup, I came to Tottenham and the group was a little separated from the manager, but I feel responsible for the poor season we had," he said.

"I'm not happy that the season ended in that way and I'm readying myself to repay all of the trust that the club put in me and I'll be working to give my best.

"The new manager has brought us renewed hope, the group is looking great right now and we'll try to have a great season to propel Tottenham as high as possible."

Despite returning from lifting the world's biggest football prize, Romero further explained that it wasn't his own impetus than had dropped but a clear separation forming between the players and their Italian head coach.

"No, nothing changed with regard to my motivation. It was always the same. It was just that they were different circumstances. When I came to the club the group were somewhat separate from the staff. This is very difficult," he said.

"My first match [back] was Spurs vs Villa at home. That's where it all started. We won one game, then we'd lose two and when things are divided and not everyone is pulling in the same direction; coaches, players, not pulling in the same direction, it becomes very difficult, but obviously, as I said before, I'm the first to take responsibility for the poor season we had.

"These things that happened are in the past, we have to use it as an example so we don't do it again and this season we have to try to do things in the right way so we can ensure the club is as successful as possible."

One suggestion that clearly irks Romero is the claim from some Tottenham fans that his motivation lies more with playing for Argentina than for his club. It is a theory based on the World Cup winner's unfortunately-timed injuries during his two years at Spurs which have seen him miss the end of both seasons before heading off to join up with his national side.

Also towards the latter stages of the pandemic, when South America was still red listed as a destination, Romero, along with Giovani Lo Celso and Davinson Sanchez went to play for Argentina and Colombia respectively and had to quarantine for 10 days on a Croatian island before they could return, missing Tottenham matches in the process.

However, the mere suggestion that he gives anything less than 100% for Tottenham is not one that is well received and he admits he has turned down offers to leave the club this summer.

"I think the people that say this clearly don't know me because I’m contracted to the club for many [more] years. I always try to give my best," he said. "Obviously last season it didn't always turn out great and you accept that. When things don't go well, you're the first to hold your hands up.

"As I said before, I'll take that, but I always try to give absolutely everything on the field. I always try to repay that trust that the fans, the club and everyone else put in me and I’ll try to come back in this coming season, by having good games so we can push the club as high up as possible.

"If I didn't feel the same passion [for Spurs as I do for Argentina], I would look to leave the club. Obviously I'm not happy with how last season ended for me and as I said before, I'm the first to hold my hands up and say it wasn't the best season but when I got offers from other clubs to move away for this coming season, I said no because I want to have my best years here. I really like the Premier League, I really like Tottenham and I want to be here for many more years to come.

"Now the group is in a good way. When I arrived at Tottenham I felt the group were the same. I see a manager here that has brought back hope because he wants to compete, wants to win and I think things haven't worked out for the club in the last few seasons but were still making significant strides and doing good things because it's not easy to start winning from one day to the next, but Spurs are continuing to progress in every sense and I believe we will achieve big things."

His new head coach Postecoglou certainly appears to have left his mark on a defender who believes that the Australian is exactly the right manager at the right time.

"We have renewed hunger with the new manager. We know that he's a very good manager from the first few days we've worked with him," said the Argentine. "The group's in good shape. I feel we have recharged the batteries. Last season wasn't a good one and we are readying ourselves to have a great season.

"I think he's exactly the manager that the club needed and we'll try to give the best of ourselves in order get Tottenham as high as possible, to give the fans the opportunity to feel that we're all in it together and that they can support us in the way that they always do and we'll try and do our best this coming season."

Romero does not believe Postecoglou has changed too much in the way the Spurs players are working but that he has shifted the overall philosophy and the way he wants the game played to the front foot.

"The biggest changes, well I don't think they are significant changes, but it's a playing style that I think Tottenham always had. It's about taking more risks, taking control of the game, trying to control games," explained the centre-back.

"We know that the Premier League is a very tough league but we'll try to really impose ourselves on every game in the way we weren't able to last season and with the new manager, right now, I see the team looking really good.

"Naturally there still are lots of things improve on, lots of things to learn in terms of what the manager asks of us but I think we are on the right path."

Tottenham and Romero are likely to lose their captain Hugo Lloris this summer, with the Frenchman having asked to be left out of the club's tour to Australia and Asia in order to find a new club, having publicly declared that after 11 years he needed a fresh challenge.

Romero admits he will be extremely disappointed if the embarrassing defeat at Newcastle, in which Lloris was injured in the first half, ends up being the captain's final match for the club. He felt that game at St James' Park as Spurs collapsed in the rain under a hail of goals was just one of many examples of how the team had started to fall apart.

"I think before [the Newcastle defeat] the group were already in a bad way and as I said, there was a divide between the players and the coach and in a competition like the Premier League, if you're not all pulling in the same direction, it's really tough and you saw that, not just against Newcastle but in the Liverpool game too. In the first 20 minutes they put three past us. Against Manchester United, they were 2-0 up in the first half," he said.


"I'm not happy at all [with Lloris' last game potentially being the one v Newcastle] because Hugo is a great guy and he's given a great deal to the club. I think he deserves the very best. I wish the best for him and his family.

"Naturally I'll miss him a great deal [if he goes] because he was a really important person for me when I arrived at the club. He always helped me out and he still helps me now. So, I'm going to miss him dearly of course if he leaves, but I wish him and his family well for the future."

Cristian Romero was speaking at Perth Children’s Hospital, Western Australia’s specialist paediatric hospital which provides medical care to children aged 15 and under. Romero took the time to meet with patients and staff as well as delivering presents on behalf of the Club.

Love that. It’s quite refreshing for a world class player to commit verbally for ‘many more years’. Obviously it can all change but he’s just confirming what we all thought, that Conte fell out with everyone and that’s why the season turned to shit.

If he can get back to his best then I expect an excellent season from him.

 

[TheHodFather]

Here's hoping for a big season from him. The talent's there alright, so hopefully a season without the distraction of a world cup halfway through and under a manager the players actually like and enjoy playing for will see him show that.

 

[tevezito]

Great to see him fronting up to and negating the club v country naysayers. Can only see him having a great season under Ange, whoever he ends up next to.

 

[Johnny J]

Good interview. I just hope to God we pair him with Tapsoba. Romero will look a lot better with someone competent next to him.

 

[robotsonic]

Very mature interview and some interesting insight. Happy to put any ideas that he's wanting away to bed.

 

[BorjeSpurs]

I really hope Romero and Bentancur are brushing up on their English skills. They are future leaders and would be great to hear them speak out for the club on a consistent basis.

 

[mano-obe]

The million dollar question is how long into his first game of the season does he make a silly challenge and either get booked/warned?

I say the 27th minute.

 

[tevezito]

The million dollar question is how long into his first game of the season does he make a silly challenge and either get booked/warned?

I say the 27th minute.

It really isn't, is it? And I'm happy to bet he'll make quite a few lovely tackles ahead of any badly timed ones.

 

[Stamford]

The million dollar question is how long into his first game of the season does he make a silly challenge and either get booked/warned?

I say the 27th minute.

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