Real Madrid can improve their defence by signing Tottenham Hotspur’s Cristian Romero in the summer.
The La Liga side could take advantage of the uncertainty around the centre-back’s future at Tottenham.
Spurs have endured a poor run and appointed Roberto De Zerbi as their third manager of this season.
The Premier League side are now 17th in the table, a point above 18th placed West Ham United. The Italian manager’s first game in charge will be against Sunderland on Sunday, and his immediate task is to help the club stay in the top flight.
Real Madrid have also not enjoyed a good run, losing the 2026 Supercopa de España to Barcelona and Albacete Balompié knocked them out of the last 16 of the Copa del Rey.
Los Blancos are second in the table, seven points behind leaders Barcelona. They also lost 2-1 to Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final earlier this week. In short, there’s a risk of the Madrid club finishing without silverware this season.
Tottenham star can be solution
Álvaro Arbeloa now has Dean Huijsen, Éder Militão, Raúl Asencio, Antonio Rüdiger and David Alaba as the five centre-backs. The latter two have their contracts until June while Militão has struggled with injuries.
Several claims from Spain have said Real Madrid will look to sign at least one new centre-back in the summer.
Former Argentina international Óscar Ruggeri, who won the World Cup in 1986, has now given an interview to Bolavip. He urges Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez to sign Tottenham Hotspur star Cristian Romero to fix the key area for next season.
“If I were Florentino Pérez, I would go for Cristian Romero, without a doubt. He’s a fantastic player, a serious player for the position, who formed a great partnership with [Nicolás] Otamendi [for the National Team],” he said.
Our take: Romero likely to leave Spurs
The World Cup winner has a contract until 2029, and Transfermarkt value him at €50m.
Two months ago, Sport Witness covered claims from Argentina of Real Madrid’s verbal agreement with Cristian Romero. However, there has been no concrete claims of their interest in the Tottenham Hotspur player since then.
However, there’s been claims of other clubs’ interest in the South American. Earlier this week, Romero’s father, Victor, said Spurs want around €43.4-60.6m for his son.
The Argentine could be on the move after the 2026 World Cup. It’s unclear where he will move next, but this is likely to be his last season at Spurs.