Fee set: Man United quoted £43.5m to sign important Tottenham player | OneFootball

Manchester United and Atletico Madrid could reportedly have to pay a fee of around £43.5m to sign Tottenham central defender Cristian Romero this summer.

The Argentina international is seemingly set to be allowed to leave Spurs as long as the money is right, and there have been plenty of transfer rumours about his situation recently.

Man Utd have been linked with Romero by Marca, while Fabrizio Romano also posted on X to confirm that there were serious chances for him to leave Tottenham this summer, with clubs already calling to enquire about a deal…

Romano also added that Romero himself would be open to leaving THFC for a new chapter, and there’s now been a further update from Fichajes as Atletico Madrid are linked as his main suitor.

Cristian Romero asking price revealed

The Fichajes report states that Spurs will let Romero go for around €50m (£43.5m), with the north Londoners not prepared to lose such an important player on the cheap.

Atletico Madrid are said to have identified Romero as an ideal target to bolster their defence, and one imagines the 27-year-old could also do a job for United.

The Red Devils already have decent defensive options, though, so it’s not clear yet if it would make sense for them to spend a decent chunk of their budget on Romero.

Where next for Cristian Romero?

It will be interesting to see what happens with Romero this summer, but one imagines Tottenham would prefer to sell him abroad.

Of course, it will also be important to see what happens with Spurs in the next few games, as relegation to the Championship will surely complicate things.

That would surely be a huge hit to their finances, meaning they could probably be less picky about who to sell Romero and other key players to.

Meanwhile, if Roberto De Zerbi manages to keep them up, perhaps there’s always a chance Romero could be persuaded to stay as part of the new project.