Atlético Madrid have identified Tottenham Hotspur’s Cristian Romero as their main target to strengthen their defence next season. This has been reported by the Spanish media over the past several weeks.
Los Rojiblancos are at the ongoing Club World Cup and suffered a 4-0 loss to Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday.
After the tie, Diego Simeone had a chat with DSports and was asked about signing the Tottenham player for Atlético. Olé have relayed his comments and points out the manager was smiling when responding to this.
“Do I want Cuti Romero? Obviously! He’s a great player,” he said.
On May 29th, the centre-back admitted he would like to play in La Liga. Two days later, we covered claims from Spain which stated the 27-year-old will do everything possible to leave if Tottenham sack Ange Postecoglou.
Spurs have parted ways with Postecoglou and appointed Thomas Frank as his successor.
Last week, Marca reported Atlético CEO Miguel Ángel Gil is trying to convince Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy to sanction a move for the Argentina international. The Spurs chief is not in favour of a transfer and wants to extend Romero’s contract beyond 2027.
Simeone has gone public about Romero, but it won’t be easy for Atlético to come to an agreement with Tottenham.