Tottenham captain Cristian Romero hit with extra ban for Liverpool red card reaction

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·9 gennaio 2026

Tottenham captain Cristian Romero hit with extra ban for Liverpool red card reaction

Defender will serve additional one-match ban against Aston Villa in FA Cup

Cristian Romero has been handed a further one-game ban for his red card against Liverpool last month.

The Tottenham captain will miss this weekend’s FA Cup clash at home to Aston Villa, but will be available to face West Ham in the Premier League on January 17.

The Argentine centre-back was shown two yellow cards during last month’s eventful 2-1 home defeat in the Premier League, one for dissent after Hugo Ekitike’s goal and another in stoppage time for kicking out at Ibrahima Konate as Spurs chased a last-gasp equaliser.

Romero protested angrily to referee John Brooks before belatedly heading down the tunnel, with Tottenham playing the final minutes against Liverpool with nine men following Xavi Simons’ first-half yellow for a foul on compatriot Virgil van Dijk that was upgraded to red after a VAR review.

The FA soon after charged the 27-year-old with acting “in an improper manner by failing to promptly leave the field of play and/or behaving in a confrontational and/or aggressive manner towards the match referee after being sent off”.

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Tottenham have decided against appealing the ban, so Romero has accepted the FA’s ruling and will pay a fine of £50,000 as part of his punishment.

Thomas Frank revealed on Thursday that the club had decided not to fine Romero or strip him of the captaincy for an explosive social media post, in which he criticised senior figures at the club, following Wednesday’s 3-2 defeat to Bournemouth.

Frank said he had held an internal meeting with Romero and sporting director Johan Lange on Thursday, and considered the matter closed.