Atletico Madrid have agreed a £34.2m (40m euros) payment to signal Cristian Romero from Tottenham.
The 28-year-old is ready to turn out to be Atletico’s fourth signing of the summer time, whereas Spurs can even retain a 15 per cent sell-on clause as a part of the deal.
Argentina worldwide Romero was the topic of curiosity from Premier League champions Arsenal in current days, however Tottenham didn’t wish to promote their captain to their north London rivals.
He leaves Tottenham after 5 seasons, having made 156 appearances for them, scoring 13 instances, following an preliminary marketing campaign on mortgage from Atalanta in 2021.
The centre-back performed for Argentina throughout their run to the World Cup closing this summer time, lacking only one sport.
Romero was scheduled to return to pre-season with Spurs within the coming week after being given further day without work following the match in North America.
He captained the facet final season as Tottenham narrowly averted relegation from the Premier League.
Having signed completely from Atalanta in a £42.5m deal, Romero grew to become a key determine of their defence.
The information might be a blow to Spurs followers who’re additionally set to lose Djed Spence to Inter Milan, who’re in superior talks to signal the England full-back in a £25.6m (30m euros) deal.
With the additions of midfielders Kang-in Lee and Morten Hjulmand and left-back Alejandro Grimaldo, Atletico are set to take their switch spending over £100m this summer time ought to they full the Romero deal.
Head coach Diego Simeone is aiming to strengthen his squad after they completed fourth in La Liga final season, with Villarreal beating them to 3rd place.
