{"id":16827,"date":"2023-12-27T19:11:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T16:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/16827\/tottenham-considering-defensive-transfer-after\/"},"modified":"2023-12-27T19:11:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T16:11:37","slug":"tottenham-considering-defensive-transfer-after","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=16827","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham considering defensive transfer after Romero blow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham considering defensive transfer after Romero blow\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Tottenham Hotspur&#39;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.<\/p>\n<p>Argentina international Romero came off at half-time during their 2-1 home win over Everton last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (US)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, no. He&#39;s not well. He&#39;s had a scan, so he&#39;ll be out for four or five weeks,&#8221; Postecoglou said of Romero&#39;s absence ahead of Thursday&#39;s Premier League trip to Brighton &#038; Hove Albion.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Cristian Romero has scored three goals and received one red card in 15 Premier League appearances this season. <cite>Photo by Clive Rose\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone did well. There are a few sore bodies but we&#39;ve had an easier <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/week\/\"   title=\"week\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">week<\/a> of training, the last few days anyway, but everyone is fine.<\/p>\n<p>James Maddison, Ivan Perisic, Ryan Sessegnon, Manor Solomon, Rodrigo Bentancur and Ashley Phillips are the other long-term absentees from the Spurs squad.<\/p>\n<p>Postecoglou said Dutch defender Van de Ven could return for their trip to Manchester <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/united\/\"   title=\"United\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">United<\/a> on January 14 and admitted he needed another central defender to provide reinforcement in the position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#39;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,\u201d he said. he declared.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#39;s more the profile and the characteristics. We didn&#39;t look for a left central defender at the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/start\/\"   title=\"start\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">start<\/a> of the year, it turns out that Micky was the perfect central defender.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about looking at the right profile, the right characteristics and seeing what\u2019s available and then going from there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Olley: The story of &#39;Spursy&#39; and how Tottenham can shed the label<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Postecoglou was also full of admiration for Brighton and the way the club is run by Roberto De Zerbi.<\/p>\n<p>Brighton are ninth in the league and are through to the knockout stages of the Europa League in their first season in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/football\/\"   title=\"football\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">football<\/a> is fantastic, they do things a little differently than others,\u201d Postecoglou said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#39;s a very well-run club, for a while&#8230; Roberto came in and he&#39;s always done some pretty unique things in his career and he&#39;s brought that to the Premier League. You have to respect that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#39;s probably the toughest league in the world and it&#39;s easy to avoid doing something too different. But you can tell he&#39;s determined to do things his way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham considering defensive transfer after Romero blow\u060c Tottenham Hotspur&#39;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. 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