The pressure is rising on Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou ahead of the Europa League trip to face Rangers.
A stuttering Spurs side find themselves in the bottom half of the Premier League table, with Postecoglou’s gung-ho tactics coming in for criticism.
The Australian manager cut a dejected figure as he reflected on the Chelsea defeat, with fans beginning to fear the worst as the tide of momentum turns in North London.
But whilst Rangers fans watch the developments at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with anticipation, one of the team’s leading players has just suffered another big injury.
Christian Romero ruled out of Rangers clash
Ange Postecoglou lamented the loss of Argentine World Cup winning defender Cristian Romero as being crucial to the Spurs collapse v Chelsea.
As Spurs raced into a 2-0 lead, Romero pulled up with a quad injury and had to be replaced with the defender amongst several major injury problems ahead the clash with Rangers.
Revered Argentine journalist Gaston Edul is claiming that the ‘muscle’ problem is now set to keep Romero out for a period of six weeks.
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Cristian Romero, 26, is a crucial player for Tottenham and not without good reason.
The Argentina international is key part of Lionel Scaloni’s all-conquering side, who’ve won back-to-back Copa America titles either side of the 2022 World Cup.
Now, Cristian Romero has given strong backing to Ange Postecoglou in an emotional appeal to supporters for patience in the Australian’s methods.
Whilst these comments may fall on deaf ears, they give an insight into a dressing room that has not given up on the ex-Celtic manager, even if many fans already have.
Spurs star backing Ange Postecoglou
“He’s a great coach,” Romero told Telemundo. “We saw it in the first season. In this second one we’ve suffered a lot of injuries.
“Players are the first one to be criticised, then if we lose 10 games, the staff can be changed, but nobody talks about what is actually happening.
“We are very happy with this staff, me and my colleagues. We love how they work and the football they try to play. We’ll try to move on quickly.”