Tottenham Hotspur went 1-0 down at Sunderland in the second half of a must-win game and moments later they lost their captain Cristian Romero to injury.
Spurs went on to lose the game and remain in the relegation zone with six games to go.
And the latest reports, including this one from the BBC, say that Romero has suffered knee ligament damage and could miss the rest of the Premier League season.
Tottenham captain Cristian Romero to miss remainder of the season with a partial tear of his medial cruciate ligament. Expected recovery time around eight weeks leaving his World Cup hopes in the balance. @BBCSport pic.twitter.com/3a16Ze3dZY
— Sami Mokbel (@SamiMokbel_BBC) April 13, 2026
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In the second half Romero was pushed by Sunderland striker Brian Brobbey as he shielded the ball back to back-up goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky. That led to Romero colliding with Kinsky and he stayed down and received lengthy treatment.
Kinsky suffered a head injury and had a cut cleaned up and bandaged after the collision with Romero, but the Spurs captain and Argentina center back couldn’t carry on. Kevin Danso replaced Romero and as Romero walked off the pitch he was in tears.
Latest Cristian Romero injury news, update
The latest injury update on Cristian Romero arrived from Spurs manager Roberto De Zerbi from the Stadium of Light, as he said he thought the issue was a knee injury but didn’t want to speculate until he knew more.
“I am sorry for the result, I am sorry for the Romero injury. I hope for us and for him as well it is not something important,” Roberto De Zerbi told Sky Sports after the game.
He then added the following update in his post-match press conference: “We don’t yet. We have to see the next days. I hope for us it’s not too important a problem because he’s a crucial player for us, a good guy, top player, big personality and we need him to finish the season and to achieve our goal.”
Losing Romero would be a huge blow for Spurs in their quest to stay in the Premier League, as they sit in the relegation zone with six games to go and just over a month of the campaign remaining.
Romero also has the World Cup coming up with Argentina this summer, so they will be sweating on his fitness too, and it seems like his World Cup hopes are hanging in the balance.
