Tottenham Hotspur have already produced the noisiest summer in the club’s history, and Fabrizio Romano has now confirmed where they stand on one of the dressing room’s biggest names.
Roberto De Zerbi’s rebuild has been relentless. Spurs smashed their transfer record to land Mateus Fernandes from West Ham for a guaranteed £85m, added Sandro Tonali from Newcastle, and Romano has already revealed Tottenham’s next move after the £237m spree.
But a window this aggressive cuts both ways. Sales have to balance the books, and attention has inevitably turned to which senior players could make way, with advanced talks already under way to sell one striker permanently.
Now Romano has addressed the situation around one of Tottenham’s most decorated stars — a player fresh from the biggest stage of all.
What has Fabrizio Romano said about Tottenham?
The player in question is captain Cristian Romero, who featured for Argentina in Sunday’s World Cup final defeat — and according to Fabrizio Romano, speaking on his YouTube channel, the defender’s Tottenham exit remains firmly on course now the tournament is over.
“Cristian Romero is a World Cup finalist with Argentina and after the tournament it’s going to be time for new conversations,” Romano said. “The plan remains for Romero to leave Tottenham. Inter are interested. Barcelona are also interested if they sell one of their defenders. So these are two clubs to watch.”
Romano added: “We’ll see whether more clubs join the race, but Romero is fully expected to leave Tottenham this summer.”
Should Tottenham fans be worried about losing Romero?
Losing a captain is never comfortable, but this is not a story of a club being raided against its will. Romano’s wording — “the plan remains” — points to a managed separation, and Spurs have spent all summer preparing for exactly this kind of change, with the club also holding firm on their valuations elsewhere in the squad.
The timing arguably favours Tottenham too. Romero’s stock could hardly be higher after helping Argentina reach a World Cup final, and with Inter and Barcelona both circling — Barcelona only if a defender departs first — Spurs are in a position to demand a serious fee rather than accept one.
The verdict: expect movement, not panic. With Fernandes and Tonali already through the door, the money from a Romero sale would hand De Zerbi the means to finish his rebuild in defence. If Romano is right that new conversations begin after the final, this saga should accelerate quickly once Argentina’s tournament is over — and Spurs fans should watch Inter first.
