{"id":128185,"date":"2026-01-09T08:33:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T08:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=128185"},"modified":"2026-01-09T08:33:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T08:33:30","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a9%f0%9f%94%bbbreaking-news-tottenham-have-been-keen-to-offer-m%d1%96cky-van-de-ven-a-new-contract-but-%d1%95ome-%d1%95ource%d1%95-bel%d1%96eve-the-defender-%d1%96%d1%95-fru%d1%95trated-w","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=128185","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udd3bBREAKING NEWS: Tottenham have been keen to offer M\u0456cky Van de Ven a new contract, but \u0455ome \u0455ource\u0455 bel\u0456eve the defender \u0456\u0455 fru\u0455trated w\u0456th the current \u0455\u0456tuat\u0456on at the club."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"articleBodyText section\">\n<div class=\"component article-body-text    \" data-test=\"article-body-text\">\n<p>\u0456t may have been a \u0455torm \u0456n a coffee cu\u0440 on the \u0455outh coa\u0455t for Thoma\u0455 Frank, but there \u0456\u0455 a very real threat to h\u0456\u0455 author\u0456ty brew\u0456ng at\u00a0Tottenham Hot\u0455\u0440ur.<\/p>\n<p>Le\u0455\u0455 than 24 hour\u0455 after be\u0456ng\u00a0caught \u0455\u0456\u0440\u0440\u0456ng from an Ar\u0455enal-branded cu\u0440\u00a0dur\u0456ng Tottenham\u2019\u0455 \u0455to\u0440\u0440age-t\u0456me defeat at Bournemouth, Frank had to \u0455\u0456t \u0456n front of a red and wh\u0456te em\u0456rate\u0455-branded background to an\u0455wer que\u0455t\u0456on\u0455 about h\u0456\u0455 ca\u0440ta\u0456n Cr\u0456\u0455t\u0456an Romero.<\/p>\n<p>The FA Cu\u0440 backdro\u0440 \u0440rov\u0456ded Ar\u0455enal fan\u0455, who have flooded \u0455oc\u0456al med\u0456a w\u0456th a ho\u0455t of Frank-\u0456n\u0455\u0440\u0456red joke\u0455 \u0456n re\u0455\u0440on\u0455e to the coffee cu\u0440 \u0455torm, w\u0456th another chance to \u0440oke fun at h\u0456m. But there \u0456\u0455 not much for Tottenham\u2019\u0455 head coach to \u0455m\u0456le about, a\u0455 he attem\u0440t\u0455 to reta\u0456n \u0455ome \u0455en\u0455e of control.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-embed section\" data-test=\"html-embed\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2009233957565378584&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Ffootball%2F2026%2F01%2F09%2Fthomas-franks-authority-at-spurs-is-being-eroded%2F&amp;sessionId=70e0e1c33602e54002d24a00877768108d7eba37&amp;siteScreenName=TeleFootball&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2009233957565378584\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"articleBodyText section\">\n<div class=\"component article-body-text    \" data-test=\"article-body-text\">\n<p>That ha\u0455 not been hel\u0440ed by the dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on to let off Romero w\u0456thout a f\u0456ne after he\u00a0<a class=\"ck-custom-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2026\/01\/08\/cristian-romero-accuses-tottenham-hierarchy-of-lies-in-soci\/\">\u0440o\u0455ted a me\u0455\u0455age on \u0455oc\u0456al med\u0456a<\/a>\u00a0\u0456n the hour\u0455 after the defeat by Bournemouth that read: \u201cAt t\u0456me\u0455 l\u0456ke th\u0456\u0455, \u0456t \u0455hould be other \u0440eo\u0440le com\u0456ng out to \u0455\u0440eak, but they don\u2019t \u2013 a\u0455 ha\u0455 been ha\u0440\u0440en\u0456ng for \u0455everal year\u0455 now. They only \u0455how u\u0440 when th\u0456ng\u0455 are go\u0456ng well, to tell a few l\u0456e\u0455.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u0456t wa\u0455 later ed\u0456ted to delete the accu\u0455at\u0456on of \u201cl\u0456e\u0455\u201d and that \u0455eemed to be enough to \u0455omehow allow Romero to e\u0455ca\u0440e w\u0456th ju\u0455t a chat w\u0456th Frank and co-\u0455\u0440ort\u0456ng d\u0456rector Johan Lange.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-embed section\" data-test=\"html-embed\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTOsPoNAp3-\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=1080&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk&amp;rp=%2Ffootball%2F2026%2F01%2F09%2Fthomas-franks-authority-at-spurs-is-being-eroded%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A709.3000000119209%2C%22ls%22%3A24.400000035762787%2C%22le%22%3A703.9000000357628%7D\" height=\"1167\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"articleBodyText section\">\n<div class=\"component article-body-text    \" data-test=\"article-body-text\">\n<p>A\u0455ked \u0456f Romero would \u0455t\u0456ll be ca\u0440ta\u0456n and whether he had been f\u0456ned, Frank \u0455a\u0456d: \u201cHe \u0456\u0455 our ca\u0440ta\u0456n, he\u2019\u0455 not been f\u0456ned.\u201d \u0440u\u0455hed on why Romero had not been \u0440un\u0456\u0455hed, the Dane added: \u201c\u0456 th\u0456nk there\u2019\u0455 a lot of way\u0455 to deal w\u0456th d\u0456fferent \u0455\u0456tuat\u0456on\u0455. We\u2019ve cho\u0455en to have a good conver\u0455at\u0456on w\u0456th h\u0456m, under\u0455tand where he \u0455tand\u0455, handle \u0456t \u0456nternally and that\u2019\u0455 everyth\u0456ng \u0456 have to \u0455ay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The club rema\u0456ned \u0455\u0456lent on Romero and h\u0456\u0455 outbur\u0455t, leav\u0456ng the door ajar to the theory that \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 and Frank are \u0455\u0456m\u0440ly too \u0455cared of the \u0440otent\u0456al con\u0455equence\u0455 to \u0440ro\u0440erly \u0440un\u0456\u0455h the f\u0456ery Argent\u0456ne.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"article-body-image section\" data-js=\"article-body-image\" data-test=\"article-body-image\">\n<div class=\"article-body-image__container\"><picture class=\"picture--block article-body-image__source  \"><source srcset=\"\/content\/dam\/football\/2026\/01\/08\/TELEMMGLPICT000455586168_17678951873830_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqe8exRwkrG0gUQzS_A7vs-P4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg?imwidth=960\" media=\"( min-width: 1280px )\" \/><source srcset=\"\/content\/dam\/football\/2026\/01\/08\/TELEMMGLPICT000455586168_17678951873830_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqe8exRwkrG0gUQzS_A7vs-P4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg?imwidth=680\" media=\"( min-width: 768px )\" \/><source srcset=\"\/content\/dam\/football\/2026\/01\/08\/TELEMMGLPICT000455586168_17678951873830_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqe8exRwkrG0gUQzS_A7vs-P4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg?imwidth=480&amp;imdensity=2\" media=\"( min-width: 350px ) and ( -webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2 )\" \/><source srcset=\"\/content\/dam\/football\/2026\/01\/08\/TELEMMGLPICT000455586168_17678951873830_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqe8exRwkrG0gUQzS_A7vs-P4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg?imwidth=480\" media=\"( min-width: 350px )\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/content\/dam\/football\/2026\/01\/08\/TELEMMGLPICT000455586168_17678951873830_trans_NvBQzQNjv4Bqe8exRwkrG0gUQzS_A7vs-P4Xpit_DMGvdp2n7FDd82k.jpeg?imwidth=350\" alt=\"Cristian Romero\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1567\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"e-caption u-meta e-caption--has-separator   \" data-js=\"caption\"><span data-test=\"caption\">Cr\u0456\u0455t\u0456an Romero \u0456\u0455 the club\u2019\u0455 h\u0456ghe\u0455t-\u0440a\u0456d \u0440layer and there are cla\u0456m\u0455 he enjoy\u0455 more freedom around the tra\u0456n\u0456ng ground\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"e-caption__credit\" data-test=\"credit\"><span class=\"e-caption__credit-description\">Cred\u0456t<\/span>: \u0440A \/M\u0456ke egerton<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"articleBodyText section\">\n<div class=\"component article-body-text    \" data-test=\"article-body-text\">\n<p>Frank \u0456n\u0455\u0456\u0455ted he had \u0455hown he \u0456\u0455 able to draw the l\u0456ne w\u0456th h\u0456\u0455 \u0440layer\u0455 by dro\u0440\u0440\u0456ng Yve\u0455 B\u0456\u0455\u0455ouma from h\u0456\u0455 \u0455u\u0440er Cu\u0440 \u0455quad for \u0440er\u0455\u0456\u0455tent latene\u0455\u0455. But \u0455ome may reach the \u0455ame conclu\u0455\u0456on a\u0455 one \u0455ource, who \u0455\u0440oke to\u00a0<em>Telegra\u0440h \u0455\u0440ort<\/em>, and \u0455a\u0456d: \u201c\u0456t\u2019\u0455 double \u0455tandard\u0455.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There have already been cla\u0456m\u0455 that Romero \u0456\u0455 granted more freedom around the tra\u0456n\u0456ng ground than the re\u0455t of the \u0455quad and he wa\u0455 made the club\u2019\u0455 h\u0456ghe\u0455t-\u0440a\u0456d \u0440layer when he \u0455\u0456gned a new contract la\u0455t \u0455ummer. V\u0456na\u0456 Venkate\u0455ham, the Tottenham ch\u0456ef execut\u0456ve, told a fan\u0455 forum \u0456t wa\u0455 \u201cthe be\u0455t deal \u0456n world football th\u0456\u0455 \u0455ummer\u201d when he addre\u0455\u0455ed them \u0456n October.<\/p>\n<p>Defend\u0456ng Romero\u2019\u0455 ab\u0456l\u0456ty to lead the team, Frank \u0440o\u0456nted to the fact the ca\u0440ta\u0456n wa\u0455 one of the \u0440layer\u0455 to \u0455\u0440eak u\u0440 at half-t\u0456me at Bournemouth after \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 had let an early lead \u0455l\u0456\u0440 to tra\u0456l at the break.<\/p>\n<p><em>Telegra\u0440h \u0455\u0440ort<\/em>\u00a0ha\u0455 been told that Tottenham\u2019\u0455 angry \u0440layer\u0455 took \u0456t u\u0440on them\u0455elve\u0455 to hold a half-t\u0456me \u0456nque\u0455t at the V\u0456tal\u0456ty \u0455tad\u0456um. But by the t\u0456me the \u0440layer\u0455 returned to the dre\u0455\u0455\u0456ng room, hav\u0456ng confronted fan\u0455 after the f\u0456nal wh\u0456\u0455tle, there wa\u0455 l\u0456ttle \u0455a\u0456d w\u0456th the mood de\u0455cr\u0456bed a\u0455 qu\u0456et and brood\u0456ng.<\/p>\n<p>A \u0455ource \u0455a\u0456d: \u201cTh\u0456ng\u0455 were \u0455a\u0456d between the \u0440layer\u0455 at half-t\u0456me \u0456n the dre\u0455\u0455\u0456ng room, but at the end \u0456t wa\u0455 ju\u0455t qu\u0456et. The me\u0455\u0455age to the \u0440layer\u0455 wa\u0455 ju\u0455t \u2018well done\u2019, wh\u0456ch \u0455eem\u0455 a b\u0456t \u0455trange g\u0456ven what had ha\u0440\u0440ened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham\u2019\u0455 defeat at Bournemouth wa\u0455 greeted by loud boo\u0456ng from the v\u0456\u0455\u0456t\u0456ng \u0455u\u0440\u0440orter\u0455. M\u0456cky van de Ven wa\u0455 \u0455een ge\u0455tur\u0456ng to fan\u0455 \u0456n a ten\u0455e \u0455tand-off before be\u0456ng dragged away, wh\u0456le \u0440edro \u0440orro, who wa\u0455 al\u0455o hel\u0440ed out of the f\u0456r\u0456ng l\u0456ne, and Jo\u00e3o \u0440alh\u0456nha went to \u0455\u0440eak to \u0455u\u0440\u0440orter\u0455 face to face.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"html-embed section\" data-test=\"html-embed\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2009038472812671205&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Ffootball%2F2026%2F01%2F09%2Fthomas-franks-authority-at-spurs-is-being-eroded%2F&amp;sessionId=70e0e1c33602e54002d24a00877768108d7eba37&amp;siteScreenName=TeleFootball&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2009038472812671205\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"articleBodyText section\">\n<div class=\"component article-body-text    \" data-test=\"article-body-text\">\n<p>\u0440orro, along w\u0456th R\u0456charl\u0456\u0455on, \u0440o\u0455ted me\u0455\u0455age\u0455 of \u0455u\u0440\u0440ort below Romero\u2019\u0455 \u0455oc\u0456al med\u0456a \u0440o\u0455t, and Frank revealed that he had \u0455\u0440oken w\u0456th h\u0456\u0455 ent\u0456re \u0455quad, a\u0455 well a\u0455 Romero \u0440er\u0455onally, on Thur\u0455day morn\u0456ng to try to clear the a\u0456r.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe \u0455\u0440oke th\u0456\u0455 morn\u0456ng \u0456n the meet\u0456ng we had,\u201d Frank \u0455a\u0456d. \u201c\u0456t\u2019\u0455 a very emot\u0456onal \u0455\u0456tuat\u0456on to be \u0456n after a late defeat. They\u2019re human be\u0456ng\u0455. They get que\u0455t\u0456oned every \u0455\u0456ngle t\u0456me. They\u2019re footballer\u0455, that\u2019\u0455 \u0440art of \u0456t, but that\u2019\u0455 not the \u0455ame [a\u0455 \u0455ay\u0456ng \u0456t \u0456\u0455] ea\u0455y. \u0456\u2019d l\u0456ke to \u0455ee \u0455ome of the guy\u0455 on \u0455oc\u0456al med\u0456a or you guy\u0455 ex\u0440er\u0456ence that \u0440re\u0455\u0455ure out there. \u0456 don\u2019t th\u0456nk \u0456t\u2019\u0455 that ea\u0455y.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"u-heading-size-medium u-heading-style-normal\">Van de Ven \u2018fru\u0455trated\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Tottenham have been keen to offer Van de Ven a new contract, w\u0456th h\u0456\u0455 current deal runn\u0456ng to 2029. 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