New Cristian Romero injury worry for Tottenham ahead of Manchester City

Cristian Romero will be an injury worry for Ange Postecoglou again after the Tottenham centre-back had to be taken off at half-time in Argentina's defeat in Paraguay.

The 26-year-old World Cup winner and two-time Copa America champion did not reappear for the second half of the 2-1 World Cup qualifying defeat on Thursday evening at the Estadio ueno Defensores del Chaco. With the scoreline 1-1 at the break, Romero could not see out the remainder of his 40th appearance for his country and had to come off. Without the Spurs defender, Argentina conceded just two minutes into the second half with Paraguay's Omar Alderete netting.

Romero had picked up an injury to his right foot an hour into Tottenham's 4-1 victory against Aston Villa and could be seen showing the physios on the pitch at the time that the pain was at the base of his big toe, underneath his foot. The centre-back did not feature in the Europa League defeat at Galatasaray later that week but did return for the loss against Ipswich Town on Sunday.

Reports from the Argentinean media after Wednesday's international defeat suggested that the same foot was the problem against Paraguay and that Romero was going to get further tests on it and was in risk of not playing in the home qualifier against Peru on Tuesday evening in Buenos Aires.

Romero, who announced earlier this year that he's going to become a father for the second time, will now also be a worry for Postecoglou as Spurs return to action on November 23 against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. Spurs will be looking to make up for their disappointing display against Ipswich and Pep Guardiola's side will equally be smarting after a run of four straight defeats.

With Micky van de Ven currently out with a hamstring injury, Postecoglou will need his vice-captain Romero, who has played every Premier League game so far this season - three as captain - and skippered Tottenham in the 2-1 win against City in the Carabao Cup fourth round at the end of last month.

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