Kris Boyd slams Tottenham star Cristian Romero as ‘no doubt’ disciplinary record is poor

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Kris Boyd has ‘no doubt’ that Tottenham Hotspur star Cristiano Romero must improve his disciplinary record. But he feels Spurs’ wider issues contribute to the centre-back’s record.

Tottenham have seen Romero receive eight yellow cards through his 11 appearances since returning from the World Cup. Two of his cautions have also resulted in red cards. The 24-year-old can even count himself fortunate to have not amassed further bookings and bans.

Romero had only received one yellow card through his eight Premier League games before flying to Qatar. Yet he tempted officials to issue cards in five of his six outings immediately after winning the World Cup with Argentina. He only kept a clean record at Crystal Palace.

Referee Andrew Madley would also issue Romero a second yellow card as Tottenham beat Manchester City. The suspension would keep him from Spurs’ 4-1 defeat at Leicester City. And while he has avoided cautions in his three fixtures since, his reckless nature remained.

It proved costly in midweek, as well, as referee Clement Turpin issued Romero two yellow cards as Tottenham drew 0-0 with AC Milan in the second leg of their Champions League last 16 tie. Both of his bookings in their must-win match were also for needless challenges.

Boyd has ‘no doubt’ that Tottenham star Romero has a poor disciplinary record

Turpin sent Romero off after a lunging foul on Theo Hernandez in the 87th minute against AC Milan. He had already cautioned the £42.5m Spurs star on 17 minutes for another foul on Rafael Leao. Romero’s 47th-minute foul on Brahim Diaz could also have merited a card.

Romero’s disciplinary record shows the Tottenham star has not learned from his mistakes. But Boyd feels the 19-cap enforcer is also a victim to some extent of Spurs’ wider issues to cause his aggressiveness. Yet the Argentine has regularly had a rash streak to his approach.

“There’s no doubt his disciplinary record is not great,” Boyd told Sky Sports News (11/03, 12:37). “It’s just Tottenham, isn’t it?

“Sometimes when you look at it, they go and play well and then you look at the last 10 days and off the back of the performances they put in, and you were saying Romero was good. Then all of a sudden when everything starts to go bad, the disciplinary problems come.”