Tottenham forced into a last-minute change as key man suffers injury in warm-up minutes before Aston Villa clash

Tottenham were forced to replace Cristian Romero at late notice going into their clash with Aston Villa.

Romero was named in Thomas Frank’s starting line-up for their first game back after the international break.

But an injury in the warm-up saw Romero unable to play and Spurs announced that Kevin Danso had taken his place.

It also meant that fellow defender Micky van de Ven had to step up and take the armband ahead of a momentous day.

Going into the clash, Tottenham sat fifth in the table with the chance to leapfrog Bournemouth, Liverpool, and Manchester City.

Romero has had to contend with a lot of injury problems since joining Spurs (initially on loan) in 2021.

The 27-year-old has experienced 10 separate injury-layoffs since moving to north London, with four of those being related to his hamstring.

Between December and March last season, the Argentinian sat out 21 games as he dealt with a major hamstring blow.

More to follow.