Cristian Romero Feared To Be Out For Remainder Of Season For Spurs

Tottenham’s deepening relegation concerns appears to person been heightened by nan nonaccomplishment of their captain, Cristian Romero, for nan remainder of nan season.

Romero was reduced to tears arsenic he near nan transportation aft 70 minutes of Sunday’s 1-0 nonaccomplishment astatine Sunderland, pursuing a coming together pinch nan striker Brian Brobbey that led to nan Argentinian clattering into his ain goalkeeper, Antonin Kinsky. Romero, it is believed, has sustained medial knee ligament harm that will return astir 8 weeks to heal.

That has allayed fears successful Argentina that nan centre-back will decidedly miss this summer’s World Cup. But Tottenham, who closed nan play successful 18th, are almost surely without a cardinal subordinate for nan remaining six matches of nan campaign, a spell that will find whether they are playing successful nan Premier League aliases Championship adjacent year.

“I don’t know,” said Roberto De Zerbi, Tottenham’s caput coach, erstwhile asked astir Romero’s prognosis aft nan nonaccomplishment astatine nan Stadium of Light, his first crippled successful complaint of Spurs. “I dream for america it’s not excessively important a problem because he’s a important subordinate for us. He’s a bully guy, bully player, apical player, large characteristic and we request him to decorativeness this play and to execute our goal.”

Scans person shown nan grade of an wounded not arsenic bad arsenic first feared though it remains disastrous for a team, yet to triumph a home lucifer successful 2026, that has mislaid 16 times successful nan convention this season.

Nordi Mukiele’s deflected changeable provided nan only extremity of nan crippled connected Sunday. Photograph: WM Sports Media/Action Plus/Shutterstock

Romero’s absence adds to an already lengthy wounded list, pinch some erstwhile managers, Thomas Frank and Igor Tudor, denied nan services of James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski, nan brace missing each season. Wilson Odobert and Mohammed Kudus person joined them arsenic semipermanent absentees. Kinsky, nan reserve keeper removed by Tudor aft 17 minutes against Atlético Madrid, was playing astatine nan Stadium of Light because Guglielmo Vicario is recovering from a hernia operation.

Brobbey was targeted for racist maltreatment connected societal media for his portion successful nan collision. In a statement, Sunderland said: “We guidelines firmly pinch Brian and connection him our afloat and unwavering support. The nine has reported this incident to nan Premier League, nan applicable societal media platforms, and nan police, and we expect swift action to beryllium taken against those responsible.”