Tottenham captain Cristian Romero has described it as “disgraceful” that Spurs had only 11 players available for their game against Manchester City.
Thomas Frank is under pressure at Tottenham with the team on a run of six games without a win in the Premier League and languishing down in 14th in the table. But they came from two down against City on Sunday to salvage a 2-2 draw in front of their fans.
Romero was forced off at half-time through illness, having struggled through away to Eintracht Frankfurt in midweek, and the Argentina international's comments on Instagram appear to reflect his frustration at the club's current predicament.
"Great effort from all my teammates yesterday, they were incredible," Romero posted on Monday.
"I wanted to be available to help them even though I wasn't feeling well, especially since we only had 11 players available - unbelievable but true and disgraceful.
"We'll keep showing up and taking responsibility to turn this around, working hard and staying together. All that's left is to thank all of you for being there and for always supporting us."
Why have Spurs been left so short?
Tottenham have more players currently injured than any other team in the Premier League, with 13 absentees at present - many of them long term.
James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski have been unavailable all season, while Rodrigo Bentancur, Mohammed Kudus, Lucas Bergvall, Richarlison, Ben Davies, Kevin Danso and Pedro Porro are also out.
With minor concerns over Djed Spence, Micky van de Ven and Dominic Solanke too, Frank faces more selection dilemmas ahead of the visit to Manchester United on Saturday.
Tottenham have made two first-team additions in this window, having brought in Conor Gallagher from Atletico Madrid and young Brazilian left-back Souza from Santos. There was interest in Antoine Semenyo but the player opted to join Manchester City instead.
It is understood the club's position is that better options are likely to become available in the summer, when it plans to invest heavily.
Vidabnosyz
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My own be say make Man U collect the three points on Saturday lunch time others ones na story for another day 🤐
i dey tell u ooo, I no won hear chere ka m bia
Vupabdlmty
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My own be say make Man U collect the three points on Saturday lunch time others ones na story for another day 🤐
Notabckm
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Hopefully Spurs will still be in the Premier League 🙏 next season
they will
Niddilmnsu
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This guy is disrespectful Sell his ass
AFerzBHm1894
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He should have speak like a leader he was. Not nonchalantly like he just did. Is it the club faults to have many injuries.. did they injure their players themselves? No naw! Why the nag. They should mix the current available with youth players abeg Don’t find faults seek remedy.
kbsarpong
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Don't they have under 20s and under 18s? This is not the 1st time it has fallen to only Tottenham, it does happen to all clubs.
dougiefresh
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Hopefully Spurs will still be in the Premier League 🙏 next season
Dokcelot
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