Cristian Romero’s Tottenham future has already been decided, according to Simon Jordan.
The Spurs defender still has two years remaining on his contract in north London, however, Romero revealed on Monday night that he would ‘love’ to play in LaLiga as his current side’s woes continue.
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Spurs suffered their 18th Premier League defeat of the campaign on Monday night with Nottingham Forest claiming a 2-1 win at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The loss leaves Ange Postecoglou’s side 16th in the table and just a point above 17th-placed West Ham.
Following the match, Romero spoke to Argentine journalist Gaston Edul, who asked him about his future.
In response, he explained: “I’d love to play LaLiga. I’d love to, honestly. It depends on a lot of things. We’ll see after the championship is over.
“The truth is, I haven’t spoken to my agent yet, but I’m open to anything. My goal is always to grow and go to new places to continue developing.”
Jordan has now commented on Romero’s remarks as he criticised the World Cup winner for thinking he’s ‘bigger than the club’.
Speaking on White and Jordan, the talkSPORT co-host stated: “Well, I think the die is cast for Romero anyway, I think there’s already an established position.
“He’s probably going to go at the end of the season. He’s a very good player but there’s a couple of times I’ve seen him over the years as far as where he thinks he’s bigger than the club and some of his performances have exhibited that at times.
“He’s got more quality than the current framework has allowed it to manifest itself in the rest of the team. I don’t think it’s very helpful.
“I don’t think it was helpful a couple of years ago when he was a player that clearly felt that he didn’t belong in this position, belonged somewhere else, but you signed for Tottenham.
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“Listen, context is everything. If people are asking him the question rather than him volunteering information. He can keep schtum or you can say, ‘my lifetime’s ambition at some point is to play in LaLiga’.
“But I think it’s already been said we were talking about last week, Romero is likely to be going out the door and Tottenham will rebuild with the right culture.”
Romero has made 23 appearances across all competitions for Spurs so far this season.
Those include the first half on Monday as he started alongside Micky van de Ven in central defence.
However, he was replaced at half-time by Kevin Danso after picking up a yellow card just minutes before the interval.
Romero has also struggled with injuries this season, notably missing three months with a hamstring issue between December and March.
Meanwhile, Spurs could still qualify for Europe next season despite their lowly league position.
They face Norwegian side Bodo/Glimt in the Europa League semi-finals next month.
The winner of the competition will earn a place in next season’s Champions League.
