Ange Postecoglou has confirmed that Cristian Romero will be ruled out for four to five weeks with a hamstring strain, as Tottenham’s injury woes continue.
The Argentine- who has been pivotal to Spurs’ resurgence so far this season- was forced off at half-time in Saturday’s 2-1 win over Everton and a scan has confirmed the club’s worst fears over the extent of the injury.
Romero had just returned from a three-match ban in the 2-1 home defeat to West Ham on 7 December, having been sent off in that manic loss to Chelsea on 6 November.
Postecoglou will be without another crucial defender, with Micky Van de Ven also still sidelined with a hamstring injury.
“It’s not so great with Romero,” Postecoglou said. “He had a scan the other day. He’s got a hamstring strain. So, we’re looking at probably four weeks, five weeks for him. It’s disappointing to lose him, for sure.
“We obviously missed him with the suspension and now, we’d just got him back and kind of steadied things up and obviously we have him missing again for quite a chunk of time.
Postecoglou, who will have the left-back Destiny Udogie available after suspension for Thursday’s game at Brighton, has used the full-backs, Ben Davies and Emerson Royal, in central defence in order to combat this bizarre injury crisis plaguing his side.
Postecoglou said that Romero’s injury did not change anything in terms of January. “You can’t accelerate time,” he said.
“It’s still December. January 1st stays January 1st irrespective of our situation. The plans and the planning is still in the same shape.”
