Spurs already have four Romero replacements as De Zerbi issues injury update

Tottenham Hotspur caput manager Roberto De Zerbi has admitted that Cristian Romero mightiness person sustained harm to his genu successful Sunday's 1-0 Premier League decision to Sunderland astatine the Stadium of Light.

The Argentina planetary came disconnected worse successful a second-half collision with goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky and was forced disconnected the transportation successful tears aft trying to worker on.

Both players were down for respective minutes receiving treatment, but Kinsky escaped with a chopped to the caput and was cleared to proceed aft being assessed for a imaginable concussion.

However, Romero chopped an inconsolable fig arsenic helium trudged disconnected the field; his teammates did their champion to comfortableness the South American earlier helium was embraced by De Zerbi.

Romero's absorption suggested that the 27-year-old mightiness person sustained a superior injury, 1 that could perchance extremity his play and scupper his chances of helping Argentina support their World Cup title.

Tottenham's Cristian Romero has "maybe" suffered genu injury

Speaking to the media astatine afloat clip - arsenic quoted by football.london - De Zerbi was loath to springiness excessively galore details but did not regularisation retired the imaginable of a genu occupation for his captain.

"Maybe yes," De Zerbi replied erstwhile asked if Romero had wounded his knee. "But I don’t privation to accidental thing until we cognize more. We person to spot the adjacent days.

"I anticipation for america it's not important a occupation due to the fact that he's a important subordinate for us. A bully guy, apical player, large property and we request him to decorativeness the play and to execute our goal."

Romero has already missed 14 Spurs matches successful each tournaments this play owed to wounded oregon suspension, albeit portion besides claiming 10 extremity contributions from the 32 games helium has been progressive successful - six of his ain and 4 assists.

If the defender has suffered a season-ending injury, helium whitethorn person featured successful his last crippled for the Lilywhites too, arsenic helium has been persistently linked with a determination away during the summertime transportation window.

How tin Tottenham regenerate injured Cristian Romero?

While the Tottenham attraction country remains well-occupied, their antiaircraft concern successful peculiar is not truthful dire arsenic it erstwhile was, adjacent with Romero present backmost successful the attraction of the doctors.

Kevin Danso was sent connected to regenerate the stricken South American connected Sunday, and the Austrian volition apt beryllium De Zerbi's apical prime to basal successful for Romero for nevertheless agelong helium is sidelined.

However, Radu Dragusin is different viable alternative, and De Zerbi could adjacent deploy Joao Palhinha oregon Archie Gray successful cardinal defence if times get desperate.

Tottenham are 2 points adrift of information successful the Premier League table pursuing Sunday's loss, and De Zerbi present prepares to look erstwhile nine Brighton & Hove Albion adjacent weekend.