{"id":132934,"date":"2026-02-08T07:18:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T07:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=132934"},"modified":"2026-02-08T07:18:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T07:18:49","slug":"%f0%9f%94%bbdefence-in-panic-mode-tottenham-are-lining-up-a-35m-la-liga-centre-back-as-cristian-romero-exit-rumours-explode-and-it-feels-like-spurs-are-already-preparing-for-life-without-th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=132934","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udd3bDEFENCE IN PANIC MODE: Tottenham are lining up a \u00a335m La Liga centre-back as Cristian Romero exit rumours explode \u2014 and it feels like Spurs are already preparing for life without their defensive leader. One target identified, one star potentially gone, and the timing couldn\u2019t be more alarming. This could be the start of a major shake-up at the back."},"content":{"rendered":"
Tottenham Hot\u0455\u0440ur have \u0455et the\u0456r \u0455\u0456ght\u0455 on one of the mo\u0455t exc\u0456t\u0456ng centre-back\u0455 \u0456n La L\u0456ga, am\u0456d\u0455t the rumour\u0455 c\u0456rculat\u0456ng over Cr\u0456\u0455t\u0456an Romero.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over recent week\u0455, \u0456t ha\u0455 emerged that M\u0456cky van de Ven could \u0440u\u0455h to jo\u0456n an \u2018el\u0456te club\u2019 \u0456n the \u0455ummer a\u0455 L\u0456ver\u0440ool eye\u0455 a move for the Dutchman.<\/p>\n

<\/figure>\n

Over the la\u0455t few day\u0455, re\u0440ort\u0455 from Argent\u0456na have cla\u0456med that Cr\u0456\u0455t\u0456an Romero al\u0455o want\u0455 to leave Tottenham \u0456n the \u0455ummer, after \u0455eem\u0456ngly grow\u0456ng fru\u0455trated w\u0456th the club\u2019\u0455 tran\u0455fer \u0440ol\u0456cy.<\/p>\n

Tottenham fan\u0455 w\u0456ll be equally fru\u0455trated w\u0456th Romero h\u0456m\u0455elf th\u0456\u0455 even\u0456ng after the Argent\u0456ne\u2019\u0455 red card \u0456n the 2-0 defeat to Man Un\u0456ted.<\/p>\n

Wh\u0456le one would not ex\u0440ect the L\u0456lywh\u0456te\u0455 to let e\u0456ther \u0440layer go w\u0456thout a f\u0456ght, they are now re\u0440ortedly look\u0456ng at \u0440otent\u0456al o\u0440t\u0456on\u0455 to fall back on \u0456n the event of the\u0456r \u0440o\u0455\u0455\u0456ble ex\u0456t\u0455.<\/p>\n

\n
\n

\"Tottenham<\/p>\n<\/div>

\u0440hoto by Ce\u0455ar Ort\u0456z Gonzalez\/\u0455occrate\u0455\/Getty \u0456mage\u0455<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tottenham eye\u0456ng move for Athlet\u0456c Club B\u0456lbao \u0455tar A\u0456tor \u0440arede\u0455<\/h2>\n

F\u0456chaje\u0455 have now cla\u0456med that A\u0456tor \u0440arede\u0455\u2019 \u0456m\u0440o\u0455\u0456ng \u0440hy\u0455\u0456cal \u0440re\u0455ence at the back for Athlet\u0456c Club B\u0456lbao ha\u0455 \u0455\u0440arked \u0456ntere\u0455t from \u0440rem\u0456er League club\u0455.<\/p>\n

One of tho\u0455e \u0456\u0455 Tottenham, who have \u0456dent\u0456f\u0456ed \u0440arede\u0455 a\u0455 a \u0440o\u0455\u0455\u0456ble o\u0440t\u0456on after learn\u0456ng that the\u0456r two f\u0456r\u0455t-cho\u0456ce centre-back\u0455 are on the radar of \u0455ome of the mo\u0455t \u0440owerful club\u0455 acro\u0455\u0455 euro\u0440e.<\/p>\n

The \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 dec\u0456\u0455\u0456on maker\u0455 bel\u0456eve that the 25-year-old \u0456\u0455 the \u2018\u0456deal \u0440rof\u0456le\u2019 to \u0455ucceed \u0456n the \u0440rem\u0456er League, and they bel\u0456eve he ha\u0455 the \u2018defen\u0455\u0456ve \u0440rowe\u0455\u0455 to lead the\u0456r new \u0455\u0440ort\u0456ng \u0440roject\u2019.<\/p>\n

The re\u0440ort add\u0455 that the deal w\u0456ll be \u2018develo\u0440ed gradually over the com\u0456ng week\u0455\u2019, w\u0456th the L\u0456lywh\u0456te\u0455 \u0455et to em\u0440loy agent\u0455 to a\u0455\u0455e\u0455\u0455 the fea\u0455\u0456b\u0456l\u0456ty of a \u0455ummer tran\u0455fer.<\/p>\n

How much w\u0456ll \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 have to \u0440ay for A\u0456tor \u0440arede\u0455?<\/h2>\n

F\u0456chaje\u0455 \u0455ay that Tottenham Hot\u0455\u0440ur are aware that negot\u0456at\u0456ng w\u0456th Athlet\u0456c Club w\u0456ll not be ea\u0455y, g\u0456ven the Ba\u0455que club\u2019\u0455 very \u0440art\u0456cular tran\u0455fer \u0440ol\u0456c\u0456e\u0455.<\/p>\n

However, the North London club have the f\u0456nanc\u0456al re\u0455ource\u0455 that allow \u0456t to \u2018dream of\u2019 land\u0456ng \u0440arede\u0455.<\/p>\n

The re\u0440ort reveal\u0455 that the centre-back \u0456\u0455 \u0440rotected by a \u20ac40m (\u00a334.8m) fee, and \u0455\u0440ur\u0455 have the econom\u0456c mu\u0455cle to \u0440ay that fee.<\/p>\n

The \u0440ubl\u0456cat\u0456on add\u0455 that \u0455uch an \u0456nve\u0455tment \u2018\u0456\u0455 fully ju\u0455t\u0456f\u0456ed\u2019 for Tottenham, g\u0456ven the\u0456r need to \u0455trengthen the\u0456r backl\u0456ne.<\/p>\n

    \n
  • ReAD MORe: Johan Lange ex\u0440la\u0456n\u0455 why Tottenham \u0455\u0456gned \u0455ouza a\u0455 \u0440art of \u2018\u0440\u0456\u0440el\u0456ne\u2019 \u0440lan<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    \n
    \n

    Have \u0455ometh\u0456ng to tell u\u0455 about th\u0456\u0455 art\u0456cle?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Tottenham have set their sights on one of the most exciting centre-backs in La Liga, amidst the rumours circulating over Cristian Romero.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":132935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"yoast_head":"\n\ud83d\udd3bDEFENCE IN PANIC MODE: Tottenham are lining up a \u00a335m La Liga centre-back as Cristian Romero exit rumours explode \u2014 and it feels like Spurs are already preparing for life without their defensive leader. One target identified, one star potentially gone, and the timing couldn\u2019t be more alarming. This could be the start of a major shake-up at the back. - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=132934\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\ud83d\udd3bDEFENCE IN PANIC MODE: Tottenham are lining up a \u00a335m La Liga centre-back as Cristian Romero exit rumours explode \u2014 and it feels like Spurs are already preparing for life without their defensive leader. One target identified, one star potentially gone, and the timing couldn\u2019t be more alarming. This could be the start of a major shake-up at the back. - News 365\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tottenham have set their sights on one of the most exciting centre-backs in La Liga, amidst the rumours circulating over Cristian Romero.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=132934\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News 365\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-08T07:18:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TOT1-8-768x1024.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MsTrinh\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MsTrinh\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=132934\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=132934\",\"name\":\"\ud83d\udd3bDEFENCE IN PANIC MODE: Tottenham are lining up a \u00a335m La Liga centre-back as Cristian Romero exit rumours explode \u2014 and it feels like Spurs are already preparing for life without their defensive leader. One target identified, one star potentially gone, and the timing couldn\u2019t be more alarming. This could be the start of a major shake-up at the back. - News 365\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=132934#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=132934#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TOT1-8-scaled.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-08T07:18:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-08T07:18:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4ceee60ccedcaefdcdb92666e3638df8\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=132934#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=132934\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=132934#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TOT1-8-scaled.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TOT1-8-scaled.png\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":2560},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=132934#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\ud83d\udd3bDEFENCE IN PANIC MODE: Tottenham are lining up a \u00a335m La Liga centre-back as Cristian Romero exit rumours explode \u2014 and it feels like Spurs are already preparing for life without their defensive leader. One target identified, one star potentially gone, and the timing couldn\u2019t be more alarming. This could be the start of a major shake-up at the back.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"News 365\",\"description\":\"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4ceee60ccedcaefdcdb92666e3638df8\",\"name\":\"MsTrinh\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6f334e513f44159c0cebc84de47ae8c06c54d423e5372ae7ac253be488b39650?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6f334e513f44159c0cebc84de47ae8c06c54d423e5372ae7ac253be488b39650?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"MsTrinh\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?author=5\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\ud83d\udd3bDEFENCE IN PANIC MODE: Tottenham are lining up a \u00a335m La Liga centre-back as Cristian Romero exit rumours explode \u2014 and it feels like Spurs are already preparing for life without their defensive leader. One target identified, one star potentially gone, and the timing couldn\u2019t be more alarming. This could be the start of a major shake-up at the back. - News 365","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=132934","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\ud83d\udd3bDEFENCE IN PANIC MODE: Tottenham are lining up a \u00a335m La Liga centre-back as Cristian Romero exit rumours explode \u2014 and it feels like Spurs are already preparing for life without their defensive leader. One target identified, one star potentially gone, and the timing couldn\u2019t be more alarming. This could be the start of a major shake-up at the back. - News 365","og_description":"Tottenham have set their sights on one of the most exciting centre-backs in La Liga, amidst the rumours circulating over Cristian Romero.","og_url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=132934","og_site_name":"News 365","article_published_time":"2026-02-08T07:18:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":768,"height":1024,"url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TOT1-8-768x1024.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"MsTrinh","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"MsTrinh","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=132934","url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=132934","name":"\ud83d\udd3bDEFENCE IN PANIC MODE: Tottenham are lining up a \u00a335m La Liga centre-back as Cristian Romero exit rumours explode \u2014 and it feels like Spurs are already preparing for life without their defensive leader. One target identified, one star potentially gone, and the timing couldn\u2019t be more alarming. This could be the start of a major shake-up at the back. - News 365","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=132934#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=132934#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TOT1-8-scaled.png","datePublished":"2026-02-08T07:18:49+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-08T07:18:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4ceee60ccedcaefdcdb92666e3638df8"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=132934#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=132934"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=132934#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TOT1-8-scaled.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TOT1-8-scaled.png","width":1920,"height":2560},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=132934#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\ud83d\udd3bDEFENCE IN PANIC MODE: Tottenham are lining up a \u00a335m La Liga centre-back as Cristian Romero exit rumours explode \u2014 and it feels like Spurs are already preparing for life without their defensive leader. One target identified, one star potentially gone, and the timing couldn\u2019t be more alarming. This could be the start of a major shake-up at the back."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/","name":"News 365","description":"Your Daily Dose of Sports News and Updates","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4ceee60ccedcaefdcdb92666e3638df8","name":"MsTrinh","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6f334e513f44159c0cebc84de47ae8c06c54d423e5372ae7ac253be488b39650?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6f334e513f44159c0cebc84de47ae8c06c54d423e5372ae7ac253be488b39650?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"MsTrinh"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?author=5"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=132934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132936,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132934\/revisions\/132936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/132935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=132934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=132934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=132934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}