Tottenham considering defensive transfer after Romero blow،
Tottenham Hotspur's Cristian Romero will miss at least a month of action with a hamstring injury and the Premier League club may have to bring in another centre-back as a replacement, manager Ange Postecoglou said on Wednesday.
Argentina international Romero came off at half-time during their 2-1 home win over Everton last Saturday.
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Spurs are now without their two best centre-backs, with Micky van de Ven out since early November and not expected to return until next month.
“No, no. He's not well. He's had a scan, so he'll be out for four or five weeks,” Postecoglou said of Romero's absence ahead of Thursday's Premier League trip to Brighton & Hove Albion.
“Everyone did well. There are a few sore bodies but we've had an easier week of training, the last few days anyway, but everyone is fine.
James Maddison, Ivan Perisic, Ryan Sessegnon, Manor Solomon, Rodrigo Bentancur and Ashley Phillips are the other long-term absentees from the Spurs squad.
Postecoglou said Dutch defender Van de Ven could return for their trip to Manchester United on January 14 and admitted he needed another central defender to provide reinforcement in the position.
“I don't put as much importance on the left or right central defender scenario, we just need another player in that position who can give us a bit more depth and the ability to change things,” he said. he declared.
“It's more the profile and the characteristics. We didn't look for a left central defender at the start of the year, it turns out that Micky was the perfect central defender.
“It’s about looking at the right profile, the right characteristics and seeing what’s available and then going from there.”
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Postecoglou was also full of admiration for Brighton and the way the club is run by Roberto De Zerbi.
Brighton are ninth in the league and are through to the knockout stages of the Europa League in their first season in Europe.
“Their football is fantastic, they do things a little differently than others,” Postecoglou said.
“It's a very well-run club, for a while… Roberto came in and he's always done some pretty unique things in his career and he's brought that to the Premier League. You have to respect that.
“It's probably the toughest league in the world and it's easy to avoid doing something too different. But you can tell he's determined to do things his way.”
