Baku, August 6, AZERTAC
Three Tottenham Hotspur stars are close to leaving, with Cristian Romero set to join Atletico Madrid instead of Inter Milan, according to Football365.
Tottenham have been incredibly busy in this summer’s transfer window, having invested around £230m to sign Sandro Tonali, Matheus Fernandes and Jan Paul van Hecke.
Roberto De Zerbi’s side have also signed Andy Robertson, Marcos Senesi and Martin Dubravka, but they remain in the market for further additions.
Tottenham’s focus for the remainder of this window will be to improve their attack, and they are expected to sign at least one winger and a new striker.
But Spurs have also been working on exits to balance the books, with Romero set to be one of their most notable departures this summer.
It has seemed inevitable for a while that the centre-back would leave Spurs in this window, and this has been made more likely by his current club signing Van Hecke and Senesi.
Initially, a move to Inter Milan looked most likely for Romero, but our colleagues at TEAMtalk are reporting that a ‘hijack is on’ for the defender to join Atletico Madrid instead.
According to the report, Romero has now ‘agreed terms’ with Atletico Madrid, who are in ‘pole position’ to secure his services.