Argentine home base? Romero is eager to join Atletico Madrid, and Tottenham are asking for 80 million euros

In the South American derby of the World Preliminaries, Argentina defeated Brazil 4-1. In this game, Atletico Madrid's twin stars Alvarez and Simeone Jr. scored goals, and Atletico Madrid's starting players also included Molina and De Paul. Now Atletico Madrid are also signing a new Argentina international, and fans have joked that the Sheets are Argentina's overseas home base.

According to the latest report from Sky Sports Switzerland, Tottenham's main central defender Sergio Romero has confirmed his desire to switch to Atletico Madrid, but Tottenham sees it as not for sale, with an asking price of up to 80 million euros.

According to Sky Sports Switzerland, Romero has communicated with Atletico Madrid coach and Argentine compatriot Simeone by phone, Atletico Madrid has Romero as the first choice for reinforcement in the back line this summer window, the team is excited about this, and aspires to join Atletico Madrid, and Argentine national team teammates Alvarez, De Paul, Molina, Simeone Jr. as teammates, personal terms are not a problem, and the agent has already had a dialogue with Atletico Madrid. The main obstacle to the transfer is Tottenham, Levy sees Romero as a key player in the Tottenham backline, which can be said to be not for sale, and if the player insists on leaving, then Tottenham will put a price tag of 80 million euros on Romero.

Romero, who joined Tottenham from Atalanta for a transfer fee of €52 million in the summer window of 2022, is a former Serie A MVP defender and a defender who was missold by Juventus.

The 26-year-old Romero, 1.85m tall, right-footed centre-back, has a contract with Tottenham until 2027 and is worth 55 million euros.

Romero is the kind of iron-blooded defender, even a defender with a little bit of action, which is very much in line with Atletico's temperament and Simeone's tactical needs.