Atletico Madrid have grown frustrated at waiting for Tottenham Hotspur to change their mind about Cristian Romero and the La Liga giants have now made a big transfer decision regarding the centre-back.
Regular readers of Spurs Web will be aware that Atletico Madrid have been pushing hard to land Romero over the last few months.
It has been widely reported that Romero is keen on joining Atletico and is not interested in signing a new contract at Tottenham Hotspur.
However, the Lilywhites are not prepared to let the Argentine leave without a fight as Thomas Frank is keen to make Romero one of the central pillars of his side.
Atletico Madrid have given up trying to sign Tottenham’s Cristian Romero
According to a new report in AS, Atletico now realise that Tottenham are not going to sell their vice-captain and have turned their attention to other alternatives.
Diego Simeone’s men have been interested in the Argentine for a long time and made a formal approach for him some time ago, especially after finding out that the defender is keen on making a move to the Metropolitano Stadium.
Tottenham told Atletico a few weeks ago categorically that they will not be selling Romero and informed the Spanish side not to make any formal offer.
Spurs’ stance has not changed and the La Liga side have now ‘shelved’ their plan to land the World Cup winner as they are tired of waiting.
The outlet says that Romero will not be wearing the red and white shirt next season, and Atletico’s recruitment team have already started working on signing other alternatives as they are keen to add a centre-back to their squad.
This is because Daniel Levy has no intention of parting ways with the centre-back, who he sees as one of the stars of this Tottenham side.
Romero is back in Spurs pre-season training
The international players, including Romero, have now reported for pre-season training, with Thomas Frank having a full squad to work with.
Some sources have said over recent weeks that Romero could agitate for a move to Atletico if the Premier League side and the Spanish club are not able to agree on a deal.
We will thus surely find out over the next few days if the centre-back indeed demands a transfer or if this proposed move to Atletico this summer is well and truly dead.
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