Tottenham head coach Thomas Frank has refuted options that Cristian Romero is main a participant revolt on the membership, however remained coy on whether or not the Spurs skipper had been fined for feedback made on social media.
Moments after the winter switch window shut on Monday, Spurs captain Romero described the squad’s lack of depth as “disgraceful”.
In his press convention on Thursday, Frank repeated a number of instances – “everything has been dealt with internally” – together with to a query on whether or not he had been fined or disciplined.
When Romero final made a social media put up criticising the membership, following the defeat to Bournemouth final month when he appeared to blast the membership’s hierarchy for “lies” in a now-edited put up on Instagram, Frank confirmed he had not disciplined his captain.
“It’s the beauty of written text is you can read a lot into it,” Frank stated concerning the social media put up. “And no one actually is aware of [what he meant], besides Cuti [Romero] or the fellows who’ve spoken to him. All the things is handled internally.
“It exhibits that Cuti is extraordinarily passionate. He desires to win, do all the things he can along with his team-mates to attain nice issues. You want to ask him subsequent time you communicate to him.
“If you wish to know what he meant, it’s important to ask him. That is the precise strategy to take that query.
“Cuti is a very passionate character and player, who will want to leave everything on the pitch. He’s very ambitious and wants to win every single time. Sometimes when you are like that, it can become an outburst. It is something we have of course dealt with, and dealt with internally.
“There’s a variety of methods of doing issues. Cuti has been excellent for us this season and up to now seasons. That is crucial to concentrate on.
“I wouldn’t have done it. That’s my message.”
Romero has been linked with a transfer away from Tottenham, with Frank even admitting he didn’t know what the long run held for the defender. Nonetheless, he was adamant that the participant has not been main a revolt throughout the squad and confirmed he had not been stripped of captaincy.
“I don’t know if I understand that question. I see a team that is fighting. The players are fighting.
“Leadership is many issues. I am 52 years previous, I believe I am fairly good at management. Can I get higher each single day? Sure. Do I make errors? Perhaps not each single day however in all probability weekly.
“Romero is 27-years-old. He will still make mistakes going forward as a leader. Does he do a lot of good things? Yes.
“I believe typically somebody could make multiple mistake. We have handled it internally.
“It’s one person speaking up, we don’t know if he speaks on behalf of all the players. That’s your perception. We don’t know that, and I think that’s fair to say.
“Secondly, we do not know if that is what he thinks, studying right into a textual content. Now we have staff and a squad who can compete.”
Frank: We pay way too much attention to social media
In an Instagram post on Monday, Romero praised his side’s ability to come back from 2-0 down to claim a 2-2 draw with Manchester City despite only having “11 gamers out there” in line with the Spurs captain.
These numbers might be contested – Spurs introduced on Mathys Tel, Wilson Odobert and Pape Sarr off the bench in a transparent indication the membership had no less than 14 senior gamers out there for the fixture.
One principle put to Frank in his press convention was that Romero was pissed off that he was compelled to play in opposition to Metropolis regardless of clearly being ailing.
Romero was compelled off at half-time of the Metropolis recreation with sickness, with Frank admitting his captain was combating sickness within the build-up to their earlier recreation in opposition to Eintracht Frankfurt within the Champions League.
“Social media, I can’t get rid of it,” stated Frank. “It’s what some people call the future, or whatever it is.
“One factor I do know: all of us positively put an excessive amount of consideration to social media. All of us. It looks like all the things is written on social media is the reality.
“Everything we take: that’s the truth. That’s a challenge in general, overall. That’s the way it is. We deal with it.”
Requested if it was a fear that a number of Spurs performed ‘favored’ the put up on Instagram, Frank replied: “First and foremost, we don’t know what a like means.
“There are such a lot of phrases within the put up: does that like [act as a reaction to]: ‘properly performed guys, you probably did amazingly once I needed to go off at half-time]’. If that is the like, then excellent.”
Is Frank happy with the transfer window?
Romero’s apparent attack on Spurs’ squad depth meant questions were put to Frank about whether he was happy with the transfer window just gone.
Spurs brought in Conor Gallagher and young left-back Souza to the squad – but failed in signing Antoine Semenyo and Andy Robertson, who joined Man City and remained at Liverpool respectively.
“I believe we signed Conor Gallagher, which is a high quality participant for the beginning XI,” said Frank. “After all nobody is promised any place, however we signed a high quality participant and a younger participant for the long run [in Souza].
“If you compare it to other Premier League clubs, that’s very good. Where we are, it’s ok. We tried to do more, but it was not possible for whatever reason.
“It is rather, crucial that we take good choices within the calm – each for the lengthy and brief time period.
“Of course we looked at loan options, we looked at longer-term options. It was not the case we wanted to sign five players.”
Requested if he regrets letting Brennan Johnson be part of Crystal Palace – given no attacking replacements had been introduced in, Frank replied: “There are a lot of moving parts in every decision when you sell a player or sign one.
“When you’ve got a 3-4-3, then you’ve 5 out there gamers [in the frontline]. Then Richy [Richarlison] could possibly be again in order that’s six. Then Mo [Kudus] is again so it is seven. So from that perspective then that is okay.
Frank then emplored followers to attend for an additional two home windows to evaluate the membership’s hierarchy.
“It’s a little bit unfair to judge them on a January transfer window. That’s the only window they have been in charge,” he stated.
“Judge them after the next window and the following window. I understand there is a lot of scrutiny about the club. That’s fair. But let’s be fair.”
