{"id":604844,"date":"2026-04-13T20:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/604844\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T20:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:53:08","slug":"cristian-romero-tottenham-captain-out-for-season-with-knee-injury-as-premier-league-survival-hopes-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/604844\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristian Romero: Tottenham captain out for season with knee injury as Premier League survival hopes hit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tottenham<\/a> captain Cristian Romero is set to miss the rest of the season with the knee injury he sustained in their 1-0 defeat at Sunderland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Argentina defender Romero, 27, looked visibly upset<\/a> as he limped off following a collision with goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky in the Premier League fixture at the Stadium of Light on Sunday.<\/p>\n

It raised concerns he may have incurred an injury serious enough to rule him out of Tottenham<\/a>‘s final six games as they battle to avoid relegation. <\/p>\n

Following tests, Romero is now expected to miss up to eight weeks with a high-grade partial tear of his medial cruciate ligament. <\/p>\n

His chances of being part of Argentina’s squad for this summer’s World Cup are also left hanging in the balance.<\/p>\n

Romero’s absence is a major setback for newly-appointed head coach Roberto de Zerbi as he bids to keep Tottenham<\/a> in the top flight.<\/p>\n

De Zerbi said after the match that Romero was a “good player with a big personality” and a “crucial player” for Spurs.<\/p>\n

Tottenham<\/a> are currently 18th in the Premier League – two points behind West Ham<\/a>, who are just above the drop zone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tottenham captain Cristian Romero is set to miss the rest of the season with the knee injury he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604845,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-604844","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}