Cristian Romero drops two big hints over his Tottenham future and Ange Postecoglou

Cristian Romero has signed off his Tottenham Hotspur season with a message to the club’s supporters that certainly looks towards the future at the north London side.

The World Cup winner missed the final game of the season against Brighton with a toe injury he has been struggling with this season but Romero did star in the Europa League final victory against Manchester United on Wednesday night in Bilbao. The Argentine was named player of the tournament in the days afterwards.

The 27-year-old has been linked with a move away from the club, with Atletico Madrid strongly touted as his destination, with two years remaining on the contract at Spurs.

However, Romero very much appeared to be looking to the future in north London with his latest post about the club.

“WINNERS!!! We achieved what we wanted this season as a group, and that’s what matters and….my name is part of the history of this beautiful club @spursofficial,” he wrote. “I want to thank you all for the love and support every day despite everything, but I have no doubt that staying together led us to success. We must continue; this is the path.”

That final line is the one that is likely to make Spurs fans happy and Romero’s talk about staying together bringing success and that needing to be continued also appears to be backing for Ange Postecoglou, who will find out this month if he is to continue with the club after finally ending its 17-year trophy drought.

Romero has been a staunch supporter of the Australian and earlier this season briefly reposted a comment on X (formerly Twitter) that read: “Oh no, he clearly signal that he would leave if Levy sack Ange, unfortunately the only two who has ambitions.”

That repost was later undone but the Argentine and Postecoglou have always maintained a close relationship and could be seen sharing a long embrace at Friday’s trophy parade. The Spurs head coach said on Sunday that the north London club needs to do everything to keep the centre-back.

“I think Romero is absolutely important to keep at this football club. You just saw the way he’s been in the last [weeks] and he hasn’t been fully fit to be fair with his toe, but you’ve seen he’s a World Cup winner,” he said.

“He is a winner. You saw that in all the big games we’ve had and the lads certainly respect him very highly. He makes them walk a bit taller, so yeah from my perspective it is a no-brainer that making sure players like him (stay), because if he goes, who do you replace him with? There is not too many out there like him. It will be very important for the club to try and retain him, and retain him for the longer-term I think.”