For months, Tottenham fans have been quietly worrying about the future of superstar center back Cristian Romero, who became even more important and appreciated to the fanbase with his heroics in the Europa League, winning the competition's official Player of the Tournament award.
Romero was aggressively courted by Atletico Madrid, with Argentinian manager Diego Simeone badly wanting to bring the world-class center back to the Spanish capital as a counterweight to Kylian Mbappe, Lamine Yamal, and the superstar forwards at La Liga title rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid.
Atleti, however, never submitted serious transfer offers for Romero, as Daniel Levy and Tottenham surprisingly held their end of the bargain, never wavering from their 70 million euro evaluation of the player, which was only strengthened by Romero's performances on the grand stage of the Europa League.
Now, according to The Athletic's Jack Pitt-Brooke, Tottenham supporters have received the definitive positive update on the 27-year-old defender, as Los Rojiblancos have ended their not-so-dogged pursuit of the Spurs vice captain. Better yett, Pitt-Brooke reports that Tottenham are now prepared to hand Romero a contract extension, as opposed to transferring him.
There's only one thing left for Tottenham to do
It's a fitting end to the Romero transfer saga. Tottenham fans were once worried about losing the star center back after the club axed Ange Postecoglou, with whom Romero had a close relationship with. Postecoglou's firing already represented a tough blow to the fanbase, so Spurs supporters would have been doubly devastated by losing one of their best players.
Romero's current contract with Tottenham will end in two seasons after the 2026/27 campaign, and with Mikey Moore being the only player to tie up to an extension after Lucas Bergvall already got his deal, it makes sense to reward Romero after his great performances in the Europa League and after he showed loyalty to Tottenham.
Remember, Romero could have made a big stink after Spurs fired Postecoglou, especially with the way they did it, and Atletico Madrid are a prestigious club in their own right. But Romero is going to commit to Tottenham and new manager Thomas Frank, and, hopefully, the positive momentum between both player and club can continue in the form of a contract extension that ties the Argentinian superstar to the North London giants through his prime and the club's apparent new sporting project under Frank. So far, it's been all positive news for Tottenham Hotspur fans this week.