There is no question that Tottenham Hotspur are one of the most perennially poorly run clubs in not just the Premier League, European football, or world football. They are one of the most consistently disappointing organizations in all of professional sports, and while the fans have been fed up with spending money on a losing product for years, it is only about time that the player themselves began turning inwards - instead of outwards - on the real problem.
Far more fiery and less diplomatic than his beloved and legendary predecessor Son Heung-min, new Tottenham captain Cristian Romero has brought fire and brimstone both on the pitch and off it at the center back position.
The new Tottenham leader has pulled no punches when talking about the powers that be at the club, and he relayed yet another scathing message for the incompetent board, who let everyone down with a disastrous transfer window at a time when the squad is paper thin and reeling with the threat of relegation hanging over their heads.
Tottenham sold false goods
Tottenham signed almost nobody this transfer window despite having a laundry list of needs running longer than any other European power. And out of everyone in the side, nobody has more to be upset about than Cristian Romero.
Recall that Romero was thinking about signing elsewhere this summer with Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid squarely on his mind and in hot pursuit of the reigning Europa League MVP. Romero was with one foot out the door and perhaps even nearly two feet after Tottenham so callously fired his beloved manager Ange Postecoglou.
But Tottenham and new manager Thomas Frank managed to convince Romero stay, possibly against the odds. Sure, Tottenham are paying him a good amount of money, but more importantly than the cash, they sold the former Copa America and World Cup winner on a sporting project and a dream. They sold him on competing and ambition, which are the languages a serial winner for Argentina would speak.
So you can see why Romero is so profoundly frustrated and even disgusted with what he is seeing transpire at the club. Tottenham's standards have fallen to the ground, and watching Spurs do absolutely nothing in the transfer window has to feel like a broken promise to what Romero had initially signed on for instead of playing for a Champions League contender like Real Madrid. And the fans should be with Romero, too, because they have been lied to by Spurs, if not even more than Romero has over the years.