Media in Argentina have provided the latest news on the Tottenham skipper as he continues his rehabilitation from his knee injury
The Argentina national team have flown a staff member over to help Tottenham captain Cristian Romero accelerate his return from his knee ligament injury ahead of the World Cup after the defender decided to stay with his team-mates in north London.
The 28-year-old was injured after being pushed into Spurs goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky by Sunderland striker Brian Brobbey just over a month ago at the Stadium of Light in Roberto De Zerbi's first game in charge. Romero has remained around the squad and could be seen on Monday night delightedly racing from his dugout season and tackling set piece coach Andreas Georgson after Mathys Tel's goal against Leeds United.
Argentinian media outlet Dario Cronica reported on Thursday that Romero, now out of his knee brace, made the decision to remain in England with the team as they fight relegation rather than travel back to his homeland, which has meant the Argentina FA have sent out a member of staff to London to aid his recovery ahead of this summer's World Cup in which he will once again be a crucial player for Lionel Scaloni.
The outlet reports that initially, Romero's plan was to travel to Buenos Aires, to the Lionel Messi Training Centre in Ezeiza, to complete his rehabilitation, but his desire to be around his Tottenham team-mates during their relegation fight meant that the Argentine medical team instead sent kinesiologist Luis Garcia to the English capital to complete the World Cup winner's rehabilitation process.
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Romero included an image of himself working with Garcia in his latest Instagram post and the recovery timescale from his injury was estimated by the publication to take between six and seven weeks. That would make a Spurs return unlikely with just nine days remaining of the season and the crunch games against Chelsea and Everton.
It would allow Romero though to be back in time for Argentina's friendlies against Honduras on June 6 and Iceland on June 9 ahead of his country's World Cup opening game against Algeria on June 16 in Kansas.