Cristian Romero appears to target club bosses with damning comments after Chelsea defeat
Tottenham defender Cristian Romero appears to have taken a barely concealed swipe at club president Daniel Levy.
Romero returned to the Tottenham lineup for sunday defeat 4-3 to Chelsea after missing the last four games with a toe injury.
However, the Argentine was forced to leave in the 15th minute when, according to the Tottenham coach. Ange Postecoglou“he felt something in his quadriceps” in a “hugely disappointing” blow.
Two minutes after Romero came off, Chelsea winger Jadon Sancho scored to make it 2-1.
Enzo Maresca's side would score three more goals before a consolation from Tottenham captain Heung-min Son in second-half stoppage time.
Now that Tottenham are winless in their last four games in all competitions and with one win in their last seven, Postecoglou is riding high.
However, Romero believes pressure should be intensified on those working above the Australian, especially considering the investment levels of teams such as Chelsea. Liverpool and city of manchester.
When asked on the Universo Premier podcast whether Tottenham had fallen behind their six main rivals in terms of investment and squad strength to compete for titles, Romero said: “The truth is that I would say there are no comments, but …Manchester City competes every day.” This year you see how Liverpool reinforces its squad, Chelsea reinforces its squad, it doesn't do well, it strengthens again and now they are seeing results.
“Those are the things you have to imitate. You have to realize that something is wrong, hopefully they will realize it.”
“In recent years the same thing always happens: first the players change, then the coaching staff and they are always the same people responsible.
“I hope they realize who the real people are responsible and we move on because it is a beautiful club that, with the structure it has, could easily be competing for the title every year.”
Since Postecoglou arrived in July 2023, Tottenham have spent £348 million on transfers.
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Only three players signed by Postecoglou (Micky van de Ven, Dominic Solanke and Brennan Johnson) featured in Tottenham's starting eleven against Chelsea.
It is worth noting that the five players who came off the Tottenham bench (Radu Dragusin, James Maddison, Archie Gray, Lucas Bergvall and Timo Werner) were also signed by Postecoglou.
Despite the expenses with Postecoglou at the helm, they have not yet translated into material success.
However, the same could be said for almost every manager who has sat in the dugout since Levy became a member of Tottenham's board in December 2000.
In that time, Tottenham won just one trophy: the League Cup in 2008.
It took Tottenham until the 2009/10 season to qualify for the Champions League.
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Tottenham have also failed to finish higher than fourth place since the 2018/19 campaign, which turned out to be Mauricio Pochettino's last full season in charge.
Given the size of the club and its membership in the so-called 'Big Six', more is expected from Tottenham.
It looks like Postecoglou will be given the chance to turn things around, as talkSPORT understands The Australian is not under immediate threat of being sacked.
The defeat against Chelsea left the north London team in the bottom half of the table, which has provoked the fury of fans.
But Levy is understood to be happier staying than turning and is aware that Postecoglou has suffered injuries to a number of key players.
Postecoglou and Tottenham have a chance to break their winless streak when they travel to Ibrox for a Europa League clash against Rangers on Thursday.
Tottenham's spending compared to its rivals
Since Ange Postecoglou joined in July 2023, Tottenham have spent £348m on transfers. How does it compare to the rest of the big six in that same time period?
Arsenal: 344 million pounds
Chelsea: 702 million pounds
Liverpool: 214 million pounds
city of manchester: 285 million pounds
manchester united: 416 million pounds
All figures according to Transfermarkt
