Romero recently landed himself in hot water with Spurs for an Instagram post following Wednesday’s 3-2 loss to Bournemouth, during which the centre-back looked to take aim at the board. “At times like this, it should be other people coming out to speak, but they don’t – as has been happening for several years now. They only show up when things are going well, to tell a few lies,” the post read, though the line regarding “lies” was subsequently deleted.
Following a meeting between Romero, Frank and co-sporting director Johan Lange, however, the Spurs confirmed that the matter has been dealt with internally and without punishment. “He is our captain, he’s not been fined,” Frank confirmed. “That’s an internal thing, but we haven’t done that. I think there’s a lot of ways to deal with different situations. We’ve chosen to have a good conversation with him, understand where he stands, handle it internally and that’s everything I have to say.”
The Dane added that the social media outburst was a “mistake” and didn’t diminish Romero’s value as a leader. “I said it when I named him the captain that even though he’s an experienced player, he’s tried a lot, he’s still a young leader. I’m actually very happy with his performance last night, I think he was a true captain in many ways throughout the game. Speaking up at half-time when we were 2-1 down, keep believing, keep doing the right things.
“But also when you’re a young leader sometimes you make a mistake, of course it’s good to keep it internally.”