Published: 22:30, 5 February 2026 | Updated: 22:30, 5 February 2026

Cristian Romero will remain as Tottenham's captain despite his second social media swipe at the club's hierarchy inside a month.

'Leadership is many things,' said Spurs boss Thomas Frank, as he tried to make sense of an issue that has tarnished a brilliant fightback to take a point against Manchester City and four games unbeaten.

'I am 52-years-old,' he added. 'I think I'm pretty good at leadership. Can I get better every single day? Yes. Do I make mistakes? Maybe not every single day but probably weekly.

'Romero is 27-years-old. Is he still going to make mistakes going forward as a leader, does he do a lot of good things? Yes.'

Romero fired his latest social media grenade on Monday soon after the transfer window closed. In it, he wrote it was 'disgraceful' that Spurs had been left with only 11 available players.

Frank said the matter had been dealt with internally. Last month, Romero was not punished for a cryptic post later amended about those people at the club who, 'show up...