He's our only decent CB
We have Sanchez, Dier, Rodon, Tanganga to move on
If ,big if we successfully bring two new CBs in, and in a year Romero still hasn't become consistent, then maybe this is a conversation
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Cristian Romero
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He's our only decent CB
We have Sanchez, Dier, Rodon, Tanganga to move on
If ,big if we successfully bring two new CBs in, and in a year Romero still hasn't become consistent, then maybe this is a conversation
papaspur
Kasey Keller
We should be looking to move Son then too. Maybe 3/4 of the playing squad should be moved on. We'd be exposing ourselves too much by moving Romero on but like @Raziel said, if he doesn't do better next season, I'd agree that he shouldn't be sticking around. That basically means we need to not screw it up this summer with the CBs we bring in.
We can't screw up recruitment this summer period. With our talisman in his final year of his contract, Son getting older, and Lloris moving on (whether we like him or not five managers have had his as skipper so his influence will be missed) if we balls up this summer, then 24/25 will be hellishly hard.
papaspur
Kasey Keller
serious relegation fears
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
I think there is a fair chance we'll be in a relegation battle next season.
papaspur
Kasey Keller
I know it's usually posted tongue-in-cheek but I was being half-serious. Looking at other clubs that are better managed than us struggling could mean this season was a statistical anomaly, especially given the World Cup curveball, but given how bad a shape we're in lately, I wouldn't be surprised to see this be true.
And now I question what the board's targets for next season are. Maybe they'd be content with another top-8 finish?
No chance of us accepting 8th or thereabouts. It might happen but we will ship out a manager and bring in someone else if that is the way it's headed at Christmas.
We won't accept 8th because of the financial impact on the club. The loss of earnings impacts the dividends to shareholders, the debt won't reduce as quickly as planned so that's the share price falling, and the investment in the team will suffer as a result.
I know the stadium plus go karting plus tours plus property deals plus other revenue offsets the above to an extent, but the prize money for CL is a mammoth part of the equation for the board.
Crazy really when you think about it. We put the stability of the club finances partly in the hands of a bunch of millionaire prima Donna's who largely have no interest in finance (there's always a Ramon Vega out there I guess) and who care more about their Instagram followers finding out about their latest car.
We won't accept 8th because of the financial impact on the club. The loss of earnings impacts the dividends to shareholders, the debt won't reduce as quickly as planned so that's the share price falling, and the investment in the team will suffer as a result.
I know the stadium plus go karting plus tours plus property deals plus other revenue offsets the above to an extent, but the prize money for CL is a mammoth part of the equation for the board.
Crazy really when you think about it. We put the stability of the club finances partly in the hands of a bunch of millionaire prima Donna's who largely have no interest in finance (there's always a Ramon Vega out there I guess) and who care more about their Instagram followers finding out about their latest car.
The majority of shares are held by ENIC and the rest by fans, dividends won't make a difference. Debt will reduce at the same rate. Share price again doesn't matter as ENIC has the majority of them and it in no way has an impact on investment in the team. The impact will be finishing out of Europe and not getting the money involved there to invest in the team.
Denmark Spur
Michael Carrick
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
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 Saudi Sportswashing Machine, 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 Saudi Sportswashing Machine 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 Saudi Sportswashing Machine 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 Saudi Sportswashing Machine] 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.
https://www.football.london/tottenh...cristian-romero-rift-tottenham-conte-27380584
The Tottenham Hotspur defender has opened up in an honest interview about the problems at the club, his future and claims about his motivation
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 Saudi Sportswashing Machine, 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 Saudi Sportswashing Machine 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 Saudi Sportswashing Machine 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 Saudi Sportswashing Machine] 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.
https://www.football.london/tottenh...cristian-romero-rift-tottenham-conte-27380584
Grays_1890
Chris Jones
Decent that, seems fair and honest.
Not sure if it's a an effort from the club but there seems alot more access to the players for media, seen Maddison doing a fair few interviews and a few others.
Maybe an effort to bridge a gap between club and fans
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
It’s standard for overseas tours
They get a lot of 121s that are embargoed
Grays_1890
Chris Jones
Fair, not noticed it before TBH, cheers bro
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
Don’t know if you listen to any pods but listen to at least one a day
Ali Golds one the other day eh said he thought they may well get an interview with Alfie Devine on the next leg of the tour so it’s all preplanned
They choose venues and all the press attend
There are some videos of them doing it with destiny IIRC
metalgear
Luka Modric
It's the directors and the board that set their targets. If you didn't notice Levy was highest paid chairman last season which means football results are a less significant kpi for him.
Also tv revenue is small compared to property development and a new housing project has been recently approved valued far higher in terms of value added to the financial books.
I think 7th /8th and Ange will be around. though the fans and media will give him a hard time. After all Levy has already stated that he can't or won't compete with tycoons and sovereign funds and it shows in the affordable players that we are acquiring now.
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We don't pay dividends.
Jurgen the German
Erik Thorstvedt
He was poor last season and even admitted so himself. Still by far our best CB. The rest are mediocre to poor.
Bishop
John Lacy
Romero may well not be good enough but you have to address your weakest area first and that weakest area right now is whomever plays next to him.
Our other CBs are trash. Get a in a starter pr two and then evaluate if Romero is truly good enough especially in a two. If not then we start the process of replacing him as well, but we have to address the gapping holes first.
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markysimmo
Johnny nice-tits
Will he miss the game against United because he had to come off ??
No he will be fine (assuming he's physically ok) as it didn't go down as a concussion sub - our staff meant it to be, but filled out the wrong form
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