The Tottenham Hotspur captain has been linked yet again with a move to Spain during a difficult season at the Premier League club
Cristian Romero does not have a release clause in his Tottenham contract that allows him to join La Liga's big clubs, football.london understands.
The Spurs captain signed a bumper new contract last summer to ward off interest from Atletico Madrid but there have been reports in Spain in recent days that the deal, which lasts until 2029, includes a €60million release clause for Atletico as well as fellow La Liga giants Real Madrid and Barcelona.
However, football.london understands that no such clause exists within Romero's contract and therefore any side looking to sign the 27-year-old centre-back this summer would be required to offer whatever price tag Spurs, who currently sit 17th in the Premier League, place on the skipper at the time.
There have also been suggestions that the Argentine had a gentlemen's agreement with former Spurs chairman Daniel Levy that he could depart for a top La Liga side if they made a major bid, but that that agreement left the building with Levy's departure last year.
Some inside Tottenham have played down suggestions of Levy making unsigned gentleman's agreements around multi-million pound contracts, although it's worth noting that Gareth Bale spoke publicly of such a one with the former chairman with regard to joining a foreign club in 2013 rather than a Premier League one.
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There were also claims of Luka Modric and Harry Kane having had similar gentlemen's agreements about their planned departures from the north London club.
Romero, who signed for Spurs from Atalanta in 2021, faces the immediate task of trying to save Spurs from the drop in the Premier League but he has signalled his desire to play in Spain at some point in his career.
"La Liga is the one [league] left to play in. I would love to, to tell you the truth," Romero told Argentinean media outlet TyC Sports before signing his lucrative new deal with Spurs last year. "I would love to play there because it's the league I'm missing."