Romero was shown a red card against AC Milan<\/a> in North London in what proved to be one of Antonio Conte\u2019s final matches in charge of the club.<\/p>\n But Spurs are now in a much healthier position as a squad, and Romero is buzzing for the chance to be back playing in Europe\u2019s elite competition.<\/p>\n Cristian Romero<\/a> has admitted that he is looking forward to facing Villarreal defender Juan Foyth<\/a> in the Champions League.<\/p>\n The Argentine never crossed paths with his compatriot at Tottenham, but the pair are well acquainted from their time together with the national team.<\/p>\n Romero and Foyth were both part of Argentina\u2019s World Cup-winning squad back in 2022 and have played for the national team since the youth level.<\/p>\n Speaking ahead of the match, Romero told the media: \u201cI know him really well. We played together in the U-20s and U-23s. We managed to spend time together in the national team. <\/p>\n \u201cHe is a great guy and a top player. He was here as well, so it will be a special game for him.\u201d<\/p>\n TBR Football understands that Unai Emery wanted Foyth at Aston Villa<\/a> in the summer, however, Villarreal opted to keep the 26-year-old, and he will now return to face his former side.<\/p>\n Back in 2021, Tottenham sold Foyth to Villarreal<\/a> after he made just 32 appearances for the North London club.<\/p>\n Cristian Romero on signing a new Tottenham contract<\/p>\n Romero signed a new Tottenham contract<\/a> over the summer, having been impressed following talks with Thomas Frank<\/a>.<\/p>\n The defender is now fully committed to playing for Spurs and is enjoying his time playing under the new manager.<\/p>\n \u201cI never said I wanted to leave the club. Nothing came from me in that effect. It is important what the manager and president say,\u201d added Romero.<\/p>\n \u201cI am very happy here, it is like a family. I like the manager. I like the way we work, the way we train. Things can always improve, but I think everyone here at all levels are taking the right steps to improve. I am very happy here.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tottenham Hotspur are back in the Champions League, where they will face Villarreal, and Cristian Romero is looking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[22936,3339,97291,403,99,4899],"class_list":["post-159800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-cristian-romero","tag-english-premier-league","tag-juan-foyth","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-tottenham-hotspur"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/custom\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/podcast\/btbf-title.svg\")
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Photo by JUAN MABROMATA\/AFP via Getty ImagesCristian Romero on facing Juan Foyth and Villarreal<\/p>\n