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Cristian Romero comments: 'Disgraceful' that Tottenham had '11 players available' against Man City, says Spurs captain

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Tottenham captain Cristian Romero has described it as "disgraceful" that Spurs had only 11 players available for their game against Manchester City.

Thomas Frank is under pressure at Tottenham with the team on a run of six games without a win in the Premier League and languishing down in 14th in the table. But they came from two down against City on Sunday to salvage a 2-2 draw in front of their fans.

Romero was forced off at half-time through illness, having struggled through away to Eintracht Frankfurt in midweek, and the Argentina international's comments on Instagram appear to reflect his frustration at the club's current predicament.

"Great effort from all my teammates yesterday, they were incredible," Romero posted on Monday.

"I wanted to be available to help them even though I wasn't feeling well, especially since we only had 11 players available - unbelievable but true and disgraceful.

"We'll keep showing up and taking responsibility to turn this around, working hard and staying together. All that's left is to thank all of you for being there and for always supporting us."

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It is the second time in a few weeks that Romero has aired his frustrations on social media. After Tottenham's 3-2 defeat to Bournemouth last month, Romero appeared to blast the club's hierarchy for "lies" in a post that he later edited.

It originally read: "At times like this, it should be other people coming out to speak, but they don't - as has been happening for several years now. They only show up when things are going well, to tell a few lies."

The words "to tell a few lies" were later removed, and Frank defended Romero for his "mistake".

Why have Spurs been left so short?

Tottenham have more players currently injured than any other team in the Premier League, with 13 absentees at present - many of them long term.

James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski have been unavailable all season, while Rodrigo Bentancur, Mohammed Kudus, Lucas Bergvall, Richarlison, Ben Davies, Kevin Danso and Pedro Porro are also out.

With minor concerns over Djed Spence, Micky van de Ven and Dominic Solanke too, Frank faces more selection dilemmas ahead of the visit to Manchester United on Saturday.

Tottenham have made two first-team additions in this window, having brought in Conor Gallagher from Atletico Madrid and young Brazilian left-back Souza from Santos. There was interest in Antoine Semenyo but the player opted to join Manchester City instead.

It is understood the club's position is that better options are likely to become available in the summer, when it plans to invest heavily.

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Premier League, EFL, WSL and Europe transfers: Man City, Crystal Palace, West Ham and Tottenham Hotspur biggest spenders

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Premier League clubs have spent £395.1m on new signings during the winter transfer window.

The outlay represents a marginal £300,000 rise from last year. Clubs recouped £273.1m on player sales, equating to a net spend of £122m.

This article was last updated on February 2 at 9.10pm. All transfer fees include potential add-ons and exclude undisclosed fees.

Spending during the window was largely incremental, with notable spikes on January 8, when Manchester City splashed £64m on Antoine Semenyo and Deadline Day - when Crystal Palace signed Jorgen Strand Larsen from Wolves for £48m.

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Who spent the most?

Eleven clubs signed players for disclosed fees, with Manchester City splashing a league-topping £84m on two marquee deals: Semenyo (£64m from Bournemouth) andMarc Guehi (£20m from Crystal Palace).

Palace shelled out £83m on two big-money deals: Strand Larsen (£48m from Wolves) and Brennan Johnson (£35m from Spurs). - with a deal sheet submitted for Dwight McNeil to join on loan from Everton with an obligation to buy for £20m if certain conditions are met.

The deal for the Norwegian striker went through despite Jean-Philippe Mateta's move from Palace to AC Milan falling through on Deadline Day after further medical checks on the France international.

West Ham splurged £47.2m onTaty Castellanos (£25.2m from Lazio), Pablo (£20m from Gil Vicente) and Adama Traore (£2m from Fulham), while Spurs spent £47m on Conor Gallagher (£34m from Atletico Madrid) and Souza (£13m from Santos).

Meanwhile, Bournemouth (£43.3m), Aston Villa (£28.2m), Fulham (£27m), Sunderland (£23.9m), Brentford (£8.7m), Nottingham Forest (£1.6m) and Brighton (£1.2m) also recruited players for registered fees.

Despite spending £47.2m, West Ham still recorded a £6.8m profit during the window after selling Lucas Paqueta to Flamengo (£36.5m) and Luis Guilherme to Sporting (£17.5m).

Wolves recorded a league-topping £48m net profit, followed by Bournemouth (£20.7m net profit).

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Which players cost the most?

Semenyo was the most expensive signing of the window (Manchester City from Bournemouth for £64m), followed by Strand Larsen (Crystal Palace from Wolves for £48m), Brennan Johnson (Crystal Palace from Spurs for £35m), with Spurs re-investing almost all of that to sign Gallagher from Atletico for £34m.

Liverpool reached a verbal agreement for the transfer of Rennes centre-back Jeremy Jacquet, worth up to £60m. The 20-year-old, who Chelsea have been trying to sign, is set to move to Anfield in the summer.

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Total permanent and loan moves

In total, there were 33 signings for fees, on loans or as free agents. Aston Villa, Bournemouth, Spurs, Sunderland and West Ham each signed a league-topping three players on permanent deals.

Crystal Palace, Manchester City and Nottingham Forest and all secured two permanent incomings, while five clubs signed one player and another seven signed none.

Seven clubs signed one player on loan: Aston Villa, West Ham, Spurs, Bournemouth, Nottingham Forest, Burnley and Leeds.

In terms of departures, Chelsea, Sunderland and West Ham offloaded five players permanently, while Spurs shipped out 11 players on short-term deals, with Aston Villa ​​​​also sanctioning numerous temporary departures.

What about England's other divisions, Scottish Premiership and WSL?

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What about Europe's other top leagues?

Overall, Premier League clubs recorded a net spend of £122m (Sky Sports' figures), which exceeds the totals of Europe's other top five leagues (Opta figures).

The German Bundesliga generated a £44m net spend, followed by Italy's Serie A (£33.1m net spend), Spanish LaLiga (£29.9m net profit) and French Ligue 1 (£30.7m net profit).

In Spain, clubs have a few hours longer to finalise business with the window closing at 10.59pm.

Breaking those other leagues down by clubs, seven teams recorded eight-figure net spends: Napoli (£39.7m), RB Leipzig (£19.3m), Roma (£19m), Wolfsburg (£16.4m), Pisa (£14.7m), Paris FC (£12.9m) and Lyon (£10.4m).

Udinese generated £24.2m net profit from their transfer business, while Atletico (£23.3m net profit), Rennes (£22.4m net profit), Lazio (£17.5m net profit) and Marseille (£12.7m net profit) also closed business with notable net profits.

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Man City: Rodri rages against referees and VAR after Dominic Solanke goal for Tottenham

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Manchester City midfielder Rodri has launched an extraordinary outburst against the decision to allow Tottenham's first goal in their 2-2 draw on Sunday to stand.

Tottenham forward Solanke appeared to kick through the back of Marc Guehi's leg to score and even though VAR reviewed the incident, it deemed no foul was committed.

Debatable VAR decisions went against City in matches with Newcastle, Manchester United and Wolves in January, and Rodri was livid that Solanke's first goal - which appeared to be an own-goal by Guehi - was permitted to stand.

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The Spain midfielder told Australian broadcaster Stan Sport: "I know we won too much and the people don't want us to win but the referee has to be neutral and for me honestly, it's not fair.

"It's not fair because we work so hard in these situations and now to make these decisions, we have to move on.

"Of course you need to come back but at the end, when everything is finished, we are frustrated because the foul is so clear. He kicked the leg and of course with the push of the action on the ball, the ball goes in.

"We have to pay attention to these little things, otherwise it's going to be difficult for everyone because this league is like this - it's about small details and everything counts, so I think today is a very tough day for us in this sense."

City were denied a goal by VAR in their 2-0 Carabao Cup win over Newcastle and then Diogo Dalot avoided a red card for a challenge on Jeremy Doku as Guardiola's side lost the Manchester derby.

And Rodri - a week on from referee Farai Hallam declining to award City a penalty against Wolves despite being told to review the incident on the pitchside monitor - fumed at this latest decision.

He said: "I don't know how to feel. Now I see the images. On the pitch you don't see. It's a clear foul in the first action of the goal.

"It's a clear foul and VAR is [there] for a reason. These small details make the difference. We're trying to do our best, it's the first goal they scored and maybe if they don't score the goal, we win the game.

"It's one game and another game and it's not possible. And honestly I never speak about referees, I respect their job massively, but they have to pay attention to these things. He's kicked the leg. It's so clear.

"He anticipated the leg of Marc and it's a clear foul, but it's not today, it's two or three games in a row and I don't know why, honestly."

A statement by Premier League Match Centre on Sunday read: "The referee's call of goal was checked and confirmed by VAR - with the challenge by Solanke on Guehi deemed not to be a foul as Solanke played the ball.

"The goal accreditation panel has adjudged the goal to be a Solanke goal."

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