However, there are also likely to be question marks over Romero’s suitability as the club’s captain. <\/p>\n
The Argentine, who was appointed as Tottenham<\/a> skipper by Frank in the summer after the departure of Son Heung-min to Los Angeles FC, has a chequered disciplinary record.<\/p>\n In 114 Premier League appearances the former Atalanta defender has collected 34 yellow cards and three red cards. <\/p>\n Tottenham<\/a>, alongside Bournemouth<\/a>, have the most yellow cards in the top flight this season with 42 – and 21% of those (nine) can be attributed to Romero.<\/p>\n He was also one of the players to be given their marching orders when Spurs were last reduced to nine players in a league match, against Chelsea<\/a> in 2023. <\/p>\n And the context of his second yellow card against the Reds left former Tottenham<\/a> and Liverpool<\/a> midfielder Jamie Redknapp bewildered. <\/p>\n “I think Hugo Ekitike’s goal is a foul. I can’t believe it’s not given, A consequence of that is Cristian Romero runs after the referee and gets himself a yellow card which has an impact at the end of the game,” Redknapp said on Sky Sports.<\/p>\n “What Romero did is what Romero does. To get involved right in front of the referee and kick out at someone right in front of the referee. If my four-year-old did that I would say ‘what are you doing?’<\/p>\n “Konate leaves a bit on Romero first which is actually quite cute because he knows he is not going to get caught. But he [Romero] can’t do that. It’s ridiculous.”<\/p>\n