Ange Postecoglou says Cristian Romero is a “human being” after the Tottenham centre-back appeared to blame Daniel Levy for the club’s woes Daniel Levy).
Romero was forced off due to injury as Tottenham lost a two-goal lead at Chelsea 4-3 on Sunday.;The defeat takes them to seven defeats in 15 games so far this season, leaving them in 11th place in the Premier League.
Postecoglou is therefore under tremendous pressure; Currently ranked third in sacks gamebut after the loss to the Blues, Romero made it clear that he did not believe his coach was to blame.
The centre-back said when asked if Tottenham Hotspur are suffering from limited spending and a lack of depth Telecom Sports: “The truth is, I won’t comment, but…
“Man City come into the competition every year and you see how Liverpool have strengthened their squad, how Chelsea have strengthened their squad, underperformed, stepped up again and now they’re seeing the results. Those are things to emulate.
“You have to realize something is wrong and hopefully they realize it.
“In past years it was always the same: first the players, then the coaching staff, and it was always the same people in charge.
“Hopefully they realize who is really responsible and we move on because this is a beautiful club that can easily compete for titles every year with the structure it has.”
Spurs have spent around £350m since Postkoglu’s arrival in July 2023 but have only won one trophy – the League Cup in 2008 – since Levy became a board member in 2000. – and failed to win the trophy.
Romero expressed support for Postkoglu after Sunday’s loss, saying: “He’s a great coach. We saw that in the first season. In the second game we had a lot of injuries. .
“The players are the first to be criticized and if we lose 10 games the staff can be changed but no one talks about what exactly happened.
“We’re very happy with the staff, me and my colleagues. We like the way they work and the football they try to play. We’re going to try to move forward quickly.”
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Postkoglu said Romero was in an “emotional” state after the defeat to Chelsea and revealed the defender “apologized” for airing his dirty laundry in public.
The Spurs boss said: “Christian is obviously really disappointed in the circumstances of the day. What’s even more disappointing is that he fought so hard to come back and obviously it’s an important game and he knows that and he has to To leave and then watch the team have to feel the pain of another defeat in the same way. He was obviously very emotional as a leader of the club and I think that was him as a leader. Way to try and help us in the team.
“We were going through a difficult period and he believed in what we were doing. On the other hand, he probably went about it the wrong way. He was keen to succeed at the club but from a public point of view he expressed that There is no right way to succeed. I don’t think, and I don’t believe, that our current challenges are caused by one thing or one person, I don’t believe that, I never have.
“Whatever we need to do, we have the ability to do it, but it will only happen if we stay united as a team, especially in difficult times, and get through it. I fully believe that if you can do it This makes you stronger, Christian realizes. What he said…A lot of what he said was wrong and shouldn’t be done in public. There are always issues that we need to deal with, like I don’t. Like anyone who would criticize a player or anyone else, we shouldn’t do that in a public sense.
“I’ve spoken to Christian about it and, you know, he apologized for the way he spoke, especially in the public eye, which was not the right way to handle it. He’s a human being, he’s emotional and I think he Just saying what he wanted to say, maybe in the wrong way.
“He does care. I think it would be easy for him not to say anything. He does care, but there is a way to do these things and a way to express yourself, but the way he does it is not the right way.”
