Since returning from a hamstring injury in early February, the centre-back has been one of the first names on Antonio Conte’s team-sheet, failing to clock up the full 90 minutes only once in their last 14 games.
Romero was one of the standout players for Spurs in their 3-1 league win over Leicester City on Sunday at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with the Argentine enthralling the home crowd by putting in some hard tackles.
Former Spurs star Crooks has hailed the 24-year-old for his no-nonsense approach to defending, and feels some of his tackles on Sunday were brilliant.
Crooks stressed that the art of hard tackling is thought to be slowly leaving the English game, but players like Romero still show defenders have it in them to put in a strong challenge.
“For Spurs’ important second goal against Leicester, the Argentine defender’s first tackle went through Patson Daka like a knife through butter while his second challenge left Caglar Soyuncu reeling on the ground without so much as an ounce of sympathy from referee Jon Moss”, Crooks wrote in his BBC Sport column.
“Both tackles by Romero were quite brilliant, totally legitimate and straight out of a 1980s coaching manual.
“The challenges resulted in [Heung-min] Son getting his first goal.
“The South Korean needed no help at all with his second.
“Just when you thought the art of tackling was leaving the English game for good, Romero with the help of Moss gave us all hope.”
Spurs fans will be hoping Romero will be on top of his game at the weekend when they travel to Anfield to take on title-chasing Liverpool.
