Alasdair Gold has expressed his disappointment at Cristian Romero’s immaturity, revealing that the centre-back also flies into tackles during training.
Heading into the big London derby on Monday, there was a lot of talk about how good Romero and Micky van de Ven had been as a partnership, with some pundits even labelling them as the best centre-back pairing across the Premier League (TEAMtalk).
In fact, Ange Postecoglou had spoken in glowing terms about the Argentine and how he had commandeered a young backline (Football. London).
However, the Tottenham vice captain served yet another reminder on Monday of his tendency to get carried away and be overly aggressive.
The 25-year-old got a straight red card for his tackle on Enzo Fernandez inside the box, with the moment completely changing the game as the Blues scored their equaliser from the resultant penalty.
LONDON, ENGLAND – NOVEMBER 06: Referee Michael Oliver shows a red card to Cristian Romero of Tottenham Hotspur during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea FC at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on November 06, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Darren Walsh/Chelsea FC via Getty Images)
Gold was not pleased with Romero’s antics but the journalist was not overly surprised either.
He said on the Gold and Guest Talk Tottenham Podcast about the centre-back’s red card: “He’s just been nominated for Player of the Month, hasn’t he? It’s immaturity, that’s what it is. He’s supposed to be a leader back there.
“He does that to players in training, he does it to Spurs players all the time, they have to wear shinpads, did you see even in the training video this week he launched into one on Eric Dier.”
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It is a catch-22 situation with Romero as it is his aggression and borderline petulance that makes him the sort of competitor he is. However, that also means that he is occasionally going to cross the line and end up costing the team.
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