{"id":18342,"date":"2026-02-03T11:36:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T11:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=18342"},"modified":"2026-02-03T11:36:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T11:36:40","slug":"tottenham-news-cristian-romero-says-disgraceful-only-11-senior-players-available-for-man-city-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=18342","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham news: Cristian Romero says &#8216;disgraceful&#8217; only 11 senior players available for Man City clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sources have told BBC Sport that Spurs were satisfied with their January window and that the board wanted to avoid making short-term, reactive signings. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The club feel the arrivals of Conor Gallagher from Atletico Madrid and 19-year-old Brazilian defender Souza from Santos last month fit into their long-term strategy. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They added 18-year-old Hearts forward James Wilson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/ce9yek20r53o\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">on loan on transfer deadline day<\/a>, but he will be part of their under-21s squad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In response to Romero&#8217;s post last month, manager Thomas Frank said the 27-year-old Argentina centre-back should keep some things &#8220;internal&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/tottenham-hotspur\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Tottenham<\/a> wanted to sign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/afc-bournemouth\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Bournemouth<\/a> forward Antoine Semenyo in January but he joined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/manchester-city\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Manchester City<\/a> instead, with Frank saying on Friday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/cql4xr1pyw6o\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">the club &#8220;did everything&#8221; they could<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The fans just want the best for the club, just like I, the owners, the staff, the players. Everyone wants the best for the club,&#8221; added the Dane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;But the transfer window is not Football Manager, unfortunately. It is not. It would be a lot easier, but also a little bit more boring.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Romero has frequently attracted attention with his outspoken social media posts and interviews. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In September 2024, he reposted a social media message from an Argentine journalist that criticised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/tottenham-hotspur\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Tottenham<\/a> for not arranging private travel to bring players back from international duty. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In June 2025, he posted a cryptic message in support of outgoing manager Ange Postecoglou, referencing the &#8220;many obstacles&#8221; the Australian faced during his tenure. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Last summer, he was heavily linked with a move to Atletico Madrid and told Argentine broadcaster TyC Sports he would &#8220;love&#8221; to play in La Liga. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But after signing a new four-year contract with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/tottenham-hotspur\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Tottenham<\/a> and being named club captain by Frank, he said he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/cp3qnwdxdw4o\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">&#8220;very happy&#8221; at the club and had &#8220;never said I wanted to leave&#8221;. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Spurs, who won the Europa League last term, are currently 14th in the Premier League and sit closer to the drop zone than the European qualification places, although they have made it to the last 16 of the Champions League.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/c5y4n80x821o?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sources have told BBC Sport th&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[251],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18342"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}