Cristian Romero has taken to Twitter to address a recent article in which he appeared to suggest the Tottenham Hotspur medical staff had exaggerated his injury in the lead up to the 2022 World Cup.
Romero ended up playing something of a key role for Argentina as the South American side went on to win the World Cup in Qatar at the end of last year.
The Spurs centre-half started all but one of the games at the tournament, and impressed in the final in particular.
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The 24-year-old was thought to be at risk of not even making the World Cup however, after a hamstring injury kept him out of Tottenham’s last five games before the break for the tournament.
Luckily, he recovered in time and was able to be involved in the competition in its entirety.
A recent article from TyC Sports featured an interview with Romero, where he spoke of his worries over the injury at the time, stating “the diagnosis that they had given me here at the club was not positive.”
Romero apparently went on to say, “Here they exaggerated it a bit, they told me: ‘It’s impossible for you to be there for the group stage’, and I already knew that it wasn’t going to be like that.”
However, the player has since posted on social media to clarify his comments and stress the fact that he has nothing but respect for the Tottenham medical staff.
He tweeted: “I don’t like it when you want to create something that I didn’t say about today’s interview.
“The highest respect always for Tottenham’s medical staff.”
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Whether Romero said those comments in the original interview, or if they were said in a different context perhaps, we may never know.
But they did sound a little bit critical of the Spurs staff, so it’s good that he’s come out and cleared the air like this.
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