Tottenham’s season has taken another grim turn as star defender Cristian Romero is set to be sidelined for six weeks following a muscle injury sustained during the dramatic 4-3 defeat to Chelsea.
The Argentine World Cup winner’s absence deepens an already challenging injury crisis for manager Ange Postecoglou.
Romero, who has been plagued by injuries this season, made his return against Chelsea after recovering from a toe issue aggravated during international duty. Previously, an ankle injury in early November had already kept him out of two games.
However, his comeback was short-lived. Romero was forced off just 15 minutes into the Chelsea clash, leaving Spurs without their defensive linchpin. Despite taking a 2-0 lead, Tottenham struggled defensively and eventually suffered to a 4-3 defeat.
Cristian Romero out for six weeks
Argentine journalist Gaston Edul has now confirmed that the latest injury Romero has picked up is a muscle injury, unrelated to his previous foot injury. The fresh setback is set to see him miss six weeks of action.
Taking to X, Edul tweeted:
“Cuti Romero has a muscle injury, not in his foot. He has recovered from that injury. He will be out for six weeks.”
Cuti Romero tiene una lesión muscular, no fue en el pie. Está curado de esa lesión.
Va a ser baja por seis semanas.— Gastón Edul (@gastonedul) December 9, 2024
This comes as a massive blow for Ange Postecoglou who has not had it easy this season. Tottenham have only won one of their last 7 games, losing 4 and drawing 2. Injuries have continued to be a problem for the Australian, with a number of key players out. The game against Chelsea did not only see Romero pick up an injury, but his star centre-back pair Micky van de Ven and in-form attacker Brennan Johnson also picked up injuries.
With Ben Davies also picking up an injury, the club will now once again be short of option at the back with Radu Dragusin the only senior centre-back available to Postecoglou. Archie Gray is expected to play a make shift role at the back alongside the Romanian.
Injuries to other key players, including goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario, forwards Richarlison and Mikey Moore, and winger Wilson Odobert, have hampered their ability to build consistency.
Postecoglou will need to rally his team ahead of the festive fixture congestion, with Romero’s absence adding further strain. The January transfer window looms as a critical opportunity for Spurs to bolster their squad and stabilise their faltering campaign.
The high line doesn’t work with crap wingers n midfielders if they don’t go there job then our defenders r over worked n it’s only a matter of time like ever team Ange has managed this happens ccv at celts was out with silly injuries all the time like Romero like Mickey only way to make all this shit go away is hit levy in the pocket by boycotting everyting spurs but fans can’t stay away like zombies they r
One of the biggest problems I have is how Spurs as a team are consistently making mistakes with poor passing and decision making. Attacks constantly break down in the opposition penalty area with passes straight to defenders and behind our strikers, many of our players lack movement in key moments and defense’s easily sweep up out attacking plays. In midfield possession is lost so easily allowing the opposition to then create far too many opportunities of their own. Against Chelsea Udogie gave the ball away needlessly on at leat four occasions when Spurs were in the ascendency and this is a regular feature of his mistake prone game. Bissouma is also notoriously hot and cold and regularly presents danger with terrible tackles in problematic areas. Further to this I question the overall depth of quality in Tottenham’s squad as a whole and yes whilst we may be thin on the ground through injuries, despite this my perception as a whole is that the signings we make overall are just not of a standard fit for challenging for titles. For a longtime I have questioned Tottenham’s transfer policy as being both inadequate and questionable in the manner it is being conducted, as we never seem to go after the names the consistent game changers who would actually make a real difference to the structure and fabric of our team. The manager can only do so much with what is available, so if the players at his disposal cannot improve to levels of consistency requisite to succeed then the battle will always remain uphill and for me too many of our players are far too inconsistent on a regular basis. Some would argue Postecogolou is stubbornly sticking to a singular game plan that is causing problems and his refusal to adapt this is the reason for Spurs problems, but it strikes me that the players who are on the pitch are underperforming on a regular basis and so many of them seem incapable of sustained standards and that has to about quality. For me the squad is massively mismatched with individuals who don’t gel and huge changes are necessary to get this right, but given how frustratingly Levy never seems to learn this lesson I can’t see it changing any time soon and Spurs will continue to be ridiculed for their major shortcomings as a big club with no recent trophies!