Rio Ferdinand’s brutal four-word description of Tottenham’s Cristian Romero

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Man United legend Rio Ferdinand has given his assessment of Cristian Romero after the Tottenham captain let his side down by receiving another red card at Old Trafford.

Romero had dominated the headlines in the lead-up to the clash on Saturday, and certainly didn’t go under the radar during the game itself.

This was after Romero termed it disgraceful that Tottenham had only 11 fit players against Manchester City, with the Spurs defender’s comment widely seen as a dig at the club’s hierarchy for failing to make more signings.

The Spurs captain has called out the Tottenham top brass on many occasions in the past, and while Romero’s latest outburst was popular among the fan base, what he did on Saturday was anything but.

Tottenham captain Cristian Romero termed a ‘liability’

Ahead of the game, Thomas Frank insisted that Tottenham had internally dealt with Romero’s outburst, but the Dane would have been extremely disappointed with what his captain did on the pitch.

Spurs had made a solid start to the game, but Romero made a poor challenge on Casemiro just before the 30-minute mark, resulting in his second red card of the season.

United eventually emerged 2-0 winners, and Rio Ferdinand has now taken to social media to describe the Argentine as a ‘liability’ for Tottenham.

Romero may have Spurs fans’ backing but his behaviour has been poor

While large sections of the Tottenham fan base supported Romero’s public outburst last week due to their own misgivings about the club’s hierarchy, the centre-back’s actions have evidently been self-serving.

The 27-year-old could have quite easily complained directly to the club’s hierarchy in the harshest possible terms instead of making his criticism public.

The fact that reports emerged just hours later from the Argentine media that Romero wants to leave Spurs in the summer was a clear sign that the centre-back’s behaviour had an ulterior motive.

For him to label it a ‘disgrace’ that Tottenham did not have enough fit players before doing something extremely careless and being suspended for four matches is embarrassing to say the least.

The fact that Romero had no issues going public with his criticism of the Tottenham hierarchy, but has not apologised publicly yet for being sent off in the middle of an injury crisis, does not reflect well on him.