During the final months of the 2025/26 Premier League season when Tottenham Hotspur were fending off relegation and needed him the most, star center back Cristian Romero did not look remotely like a star, let alone the captain of the team. And even when he was injured, he seemed to be making any excuse to not be a part of Spurs.
It has been an open secret at this point that Romero wants out, and while few can blame him for disliking Spurs management, especially when he was one of the few refreshingly brave enough to speak out against the powers that be, Spurs supporters can validly blame Romero for a disappointing 2025/26 Premier League season.
Romero played a role in the club's relegation, and while his Europa League Player of the Tournament performance papered over the problems from the 2024/25 Premier League season, Spurs fans remember how the Argentinian World Cup winner publicly pined for a move to La Liga with Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid strongly linked.
Cristian Romero could go to a Premier League rival
Well, now in 2026, Tottenham Hotspur, as they draw nearer to a second big center back signing in Roberto De Zerbi favorite Jan Paul van Hecke, are faced with an even worse proposition than Cristian Romero joining either Real Madrid or Atletico Madrid in Spain.
According to reliable Argentinian journalist Gaston Edul, Manchester United are interested in signing Romero away from Tottenham and are preparing to send Spurs a formal transfer offer this summer transfer window.
Manchester United are back on the rise under Michael Carrick, and while they have some decent central defenders, they are a world class player away from truly having a great defense. If Man United can make the right signing in defense and two more in midfield, they could have a title contender on their hands after successfully rebuilding their attack - and their ethos since hiring Carrick to replace Ruben Amorim.
Tottenham selling Romero to Manchester United, a direct Premier League Big Six rival, would be a massive blow, and it would just be Spurs luck for a healthy, motivated Romero to truly play world class football for an entire season after transferring to Old Trafford.
Spurs fans will beg for the club not to make that sale, but they cannot put it past Romero to betray them after he showed no real love for the club while plodding his way to bad performances down the stretch of the last campaign.
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