{"id":45810,"date":"2026-04-13T17:46:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/tim-sherwood-warns-de-zerbi-not-to-trust-tottenham-players-who-could-sack-him\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T17:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T21:46:14","slug":"tim-sherwood-warns-de-zerbi-not-to-trust-tottenham-players-who-could-sack-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/tim-sherwood-warns-de-zerbi-not-to-trust-tottenham-players-who-could-sack-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Sherwood warns De Zerbi not to trust Tottenham players who could sack him"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/tim-sherwood-warns-de-zerbi-not-to-trust-tottenham-players-who-could-sack-him\/#Romero_injury_update_after_collision_with_Kinski\" >Romero injury update after collision with Kinski<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/tim-sherwood-warns-de-zerbi-not-to-trust-tottenham-players-who-could-sack-him\/#Cristian_Romero_controversy_this_season\" >Cristian Romero controversy this season<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-5' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/tim-sherwood-warns-de-zerbi-not-to-trust-tottenham-players-who-could-sack-him\/#He_was_worse_than_Solanke_with_Spurs_flop_of_210_De_Zerbi_will_have_to_start_again\" >He was worse than Solanke: with Spurs&#8217; flop of 2\/10, De Zerbi will have to start again<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Former Tottenham Hotspur manager Tim Sherwood has slammed Cristian Romero after Sunday&#8217;s 1-0 defeat to Sunderland.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"injury-update-on-romero-after-collision-with-kinsky\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Romero_injury_update_after_collision_with_Kinski\"><\/span>\n                        <strong>Romero injury update after collision with Kinski<\/strong><br \/>\n               <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Romero was sent off in the 70th minute at the Stadium of Light for a nasty collision with Antonin Kinski and was replaced by Kevin Danso, but Argentine journalist Gast\u00f3n Eduard later confirmed that the centre-back will undergo a series of tests.<\/p>\n<p>With Spurs within two points of safety, injury to key players was the last thing Roberto De Zerbi needed, and the manager stressed his importance to the team after the game.<\/p>\n<p>    De Zerbi said:<em> &#8220;I hope it won&#8217;t be too big of a problem. He&#8217;s a very important player for us. He&#8217;s a great player, a great character. We need him to finish the season.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The defender left the field in tears, perhaps fearing not being involved in a collision and possibly missing out on the World Cup against Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>However, Sherwood had little sympathy for Romero and attacked his centre-back partner Micky van de Ven, 27, live on Sky Sports.<\/p>\n<section class=\"emaki-custom-block emaki-custom-pullquote\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<div class=\"emaki-custom pullquote\" id=\"custom_block_10\">\n<div class=\"custom_block-content pullquote\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Romero was crying when he came off the pitch. It&#8217;s irresponsible. I couldn&#8217;t trust him as far as I could throw. The captain of the club, he threw the club under the bus so many times this season.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"custom_block-content pullquote\">\n<p><em>&#8220;And then there&#8217;s Micky Van de Ven. For me he has all the qualities to be a top-draw player, but he plays for himself.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- No AdsNinja v10 Client! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"cristian-romero-controversies-this-season\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cristian_Romero_controversy_this_season\"><\/span>\n                        <strong>Cristian Romero controversy this season<\/strong><br \/>\n               <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Argentina international publicly criticized Spurs for not making enough improvements during the January transfer window, and was also in the news a few days later when he was sent off in the first half of a 2-0 defeat to Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>But the captain&#8217;s comments were perhaps justified given that Conor Gallagher hasn&#8217;t uprooted a tree since joining from Atletico Madrid, despite being criticized by Alasdair Gold for his performances.<\/p>\n<p>Romero may have let his team down at times, but this could be a big mistake for De Zerbi. He was definitely one of the better players in the defeat against Sunderland, as he completed more defensive actions (9) than any other Tottenham player.<\/p>\n<div class=\"display-card  article article-card small  no-badge  active-content                      \" data-include-community-rating=\"false\" id=\"worse-than-solanke-tottenham-gallagher-not-start-for-de-zerbi-again\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<picture><source media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dominic-solanke-for-tottenham-1.jpeg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=140&amp;h=98&amp;dpr=2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static0.footballfancastimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dominic-solanke-for-tottenham-1.jpeg?q=49&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=140&amp;h=98&amp;dpr=2\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<p>                    <span data-field=\"label\" class=\"article-card-label\"><label>related<\/label><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"w-display-card-content regular article-block\">\n<h5 class=\"display-card-title \"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"He_was_worse_than_Solanke_with_Spurs_flop_of_210_De_Zerbi_will_have_to_start_again\"><\/span>\n<p>\t\t\tHe was worse than Solanke: with Spurs&#8217; flop of 2\/10, De Zerbi will have to start again<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<p class=\"display-card-excerpt\">Tottenham, who are in danger of being relegated, suffered their 16th defeat in the Premier League this season against Sunderland. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Tottenham Hotspur manager Tim Sherwood has slammed Cristian Romero after Sunday&#8217;s 1-0 defeat to Sunderland. Romero injury update after collision with Kinski Romero was sent off in the 70th minute at the Stadium of Light for a nasty collision with Antonin Kinski and was replaced by Kevin Danso, but Argentine journalist Gast\u00f3n Eduard later [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40,881,6677,5806,321,105,1661,3438,8256],"class_list":{"0":"post-45810","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-players","10":"tag-sack","11":"tag-sherwood","12":"tag-tim","13":"tag-tottenham","14":"tag-trust","15":"tag-warns","16":"tag-zerbi"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}