IT JUST GETS WORSE FOR TOTTERING HOTSPUR

New Spurs calamity as skipper is ruled out of relegation fight

- by ALASDAIR GOLD

CRISTIAN ROMERO is out of Tottenham's battle to stay in the Premier League.

The loss of the centre-half for the final six games of the season is a devastating blow to new Spurs boss Roberto De Zerbi.

An MRI scan yesterday showed that his captain injured the medial collateral ligament in his right knee during Sunday's defeat at Sunderland.