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title: "Tottenham Hotspur: Charlie Eccleshare shares surprising Cristian Romero news"
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published: "2022-03-21T13:45:25Z"
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# Tottenham Hotspur: Charlie Eccleshare shares surprising Cristian Romero news

**Taking to Twitter, The Athletic’s Charlie Eccleshare has shared some surprising news involving Tottenham Hotspur defender Cristian Romero.**

### The Lowdown: Romero’s importance to Spurs

Since arriving at the north London club at the start of the season, the 23-year-old has proven to be an valuable asset to Antonio Conte’s side. The centre-back leads the squad with an average of 2.4 tackles and 1.4 interceptions in the league, and a further 2.5 interceptions in the Carabao Cup (via [WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/30/Show/England-Tottenham)).

Since recovering from the hamstring injury which kept him out of action for [17 matches](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/cristian-romero/verletzungen/spieler/355915), Romero has [featured in every single Premier League game](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/cristian-romero/leistungsdaten/spieler/355915/saison/2021/plus/1), handing his manager a huge boost when it comes to bolstering his defensive options.

Indeed, Conte himself [has said](https://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/players/antonio-conte-new-signing-tottenham-23025568) of the Argentine: “He is an important player for me and the team. He is strong and he anticipates, he has a good personality to play with the ball. He has good experience and I like him.”

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### The Latest: Romero flies out to Argentina

However, some news has come to light which could threaten to disrupt Romero’s fine form and antagonise Tottenham chiefs.

Eccleshare took to [Twitter](https://twitter.com/CDEccleshare/status/1505814753360416769) to share a report from his [The Athletic](https://theathletic.com/3196311/2022/03/21/ornstein-saka-talks-over-new-deal-european-giants-want-gakpo-bowen-may-miss-europa-league-tie/) colleague David Ornstein, with the caption: *“Despite being banned for both games, understand Cristian Romero has been called up to the Argentina squad, with AFA hoping his ban will be reduced to 1 match. He is said to have flown out last night. #THFC will be keeping everything crossed he stays fit”\*

Ornstein’s report mentioned that Spurs could feel concerned about Romero joining up with his country, especially with the distinct possibility that the 23-year-old doesn’t end up playing in Argentina’s upcoming matches.

### The Verdict: Potential blow for Spurs

If Romero’s ban is reduced and he is made eligible for Argentina’s clash against Ecuador, this could lead to a huge blow for Tottenham.

Minds would duly flash back to his previous link-up with the national team back in November, when [Romero suffered the hamstring injury](https://theathletic.com/3196311/2022/03/21/ornstein-saka-talks-over-new-deal-european-giants-want-gakpo-bowen-may-miss-europa-league-tie/) which kept him out for almost three months, duly dealing Spurs a huge defensive blow.

With Argentina having already qualified for the World Cup, and the player’s current suspension rendering him unavailable, Conte will surely be concerned with this seemingly pointless call-up for Romero, given the potential risk of injury to the defender.

***In other news: [Graham Roberts slams one Tottenham player after latest setback](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-hotspur-news/graham-roberts-slams-ryan-sessegnon-injury/)***