Tottenham captain Cristian Romero has described it as “disgraceful” that Spurs had solely 11 gamers obtainable for his or her sport towards Manchester Metropolis.
Thomas Frank is beneath stress at Tottenham with the workforce on a run of six video games with no win within the Premier League and languishing down in 14th within the desk. However they got here from two down towards Metropolis on Sunday to salvage a 2-2 attract entrance of their followers.
Romero was pressured off at half-time by way of sickness, having struggled by way of away to Eintracht Frankfurt in midweek, and the Argentina worldwide’s feedback on Instagram seem to mirror his frustration on the membership’s present predicament.
“Great effort from all my teammates yesterday, they were incredible,” Romero posted on Monday.
“I wished to be obtainable to assist them although I wasn’t feeling nicely, particularly since we solely had 11 gamers obtainable – unbelievable however true and disgraceful.
“We’ll keep showing up and taking responsibility to turn this around, working hard and staying together. All that’s left is to thank all of you for being there and for always supporting us.”
It’s the second time in just a few weeks that Romero has aired his frustrations on social media. After Tottenham’s 3-2 defeat to Bournemouth final month, Romero appeared to blast the membership’s hierarchy for “lies” in a submit that he later edited.
It initially learn: “At times like this, it should be other people coming out to speak, but they don’t – as has been happening for several years now. They only show up when things are going well, to tell a few lies.”
The phrases “to tell a few lies” have been later eliminated, and Frank defended Romero for his “mistake”.
Why have Spurs been left so quick?
Tottenham have extra gamers at present injured than some other workforce within the Premier League, with 13 absentees at current – lots of them long run.
James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski have been unavailable all season, whereas Rodrigo Bentancur, Mohammed Kudus, Lucas Bergvall, Richarlison, Ben Davies, Kevin Danso and Pedro Porro are additionally out.
With minor considerations over Djed Spence, Micky van de Ven and Dominic Solanke too, Frank faces extra choice dilemmas forward of the go to to Manchester United on Saturday.
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Tottenham have made two first-team additions on this window, having introduced in Conor Gallagher from Atletico Madrid and younger Brazilian left-back Souza from Santos. There was curiosity in Antoine Semenyo however the participant opted to affix Manchester Metropolis as an alternative.
It’s understood the membership’s place is that higher choices are more likely to turn into obtainable in the summertime, when it plans to take a position closely.
