Romano: Atletico Madrid, Spurs in agreement for sale of Cuti Romero

Well, THIS has been an eventful day, huh? On the heels of the news that Djed Spence is on his way to Inter Milan, we have another outgoing bomba — according to Fabrizio Romano (sigh), Tottenham Hotspur and Atletico Madrid have come to a full agreement for the sale of Cristian Romero.

Honestly I could take the paragraphs about the financial context of this sale from the Djed Spence article and just copy-paste it here, because I think the context is pretty much identical. Romero wanted to leave, we weren’t going to sell him to a Premier League rival (much less to Arsenal who actually were interested, we were not), and Atletico just don’t have the same kind of money as a Premier League club.

Honestly though, is there a player who is more Diego Simeone-coded than Cuti Romero? I can’t think of many. He’s absolutely PERFECT for Atleti and will almost certainly crush it there. Good for him. He finally gets his wish to play in Spain and for a club that will absolutely adore him. He put in some absolutely massive performances during his time at Spurs, and despite a portion of the fan base turning on him, I feel like he will be warmly remembered in the fullness of time. I wish him well.

We’ll be back once the transfer has been fully confirmed by Tottenham.