A new report has shed light on Tottenham Hotspur’s stance on Cristian Romero after the Lilywhites secured their Premier League status on the final day of the season.
Romero had no part to play in Tottenham’s late-season revival, which ensured that they stayed up by the skin of their teeth, with the centre-back’s injury keeping him out of the club’s final six games of the season.
It has been widely reported over the last few weeks that Spurs and Romero could go their separate ways this summer.
The Argentine was at the centre of another controversy last week after it initially emerged that Romero would not be in London for Tottenham’s clash against Everton, but the centre-back did eventually return and was in attendance during the club’s crunch game.
Tottenham prepared to sell Cristian Romero after ‘strained’ relationship
TEAMtalk have now claimed that it was internal pressure that eventually led to the 28-year-old performing a U-turn and returning to London for the clash against Everton.
Sources close to the situation have indicated that senior figures at Tottenham were unimpressed by the optics surrounding Romero’s decision to return to Argentina at such a critical moment in the season.
It is revealed that the North London club are now prepared to move on from the World Cup winner this summer, with intermediaries already working behind the scenes to facilitate a summer transfer.
The centre-back’s future at Tottenham has become ‘increasingly uncertain’ after the relationship between him and the club became ‘strained’ over recent weeks.
Romero wants to move to Spain this summer
TEAMtalk say that Spurs are ‘increasingly open’ to cashing in on Romero as long as their valuation is met during the summer window.
Long-time admirers, Atletico Madrid remain one of the clubs ‘most attentive’ to the Argentine defender’s situation.
The La Liga club would be ‘very interested’ in taking Romero to the Metropolitano Stadium if the financial conditions allow them to do so.
The publication adds that a move to Spain is the Tottenham star’s preferred outcome this summer should he exit N17.