Ange Postecoglou reveals Cristian Romero response after Tottenham and Daniel Levy TV rant

Ange Postecoglou has revealed Cristian Romero has apologised for his brutally honest comments towards Tottenham and Daniel Levy. Following the 4-3 defeat to Chelsea, in which he picked up a new injury, Romero appeared to aim a number of digs at the club's recruitment.

"Manchester City competes every year, you see how Liverpool strengthens its squad, Chelsea strengthens their squad, doesn't do well, so strengthens again, and now they're seeing results. Those are the things to imitate," he told Spanish broadcaster Telemundo Deportes on live TV.

"You have to realise that something is going wrong, hopefully, they [the board] realise it. The last few years, it's always the same; first the players, then the coaching staff changes, and it's always the same people responsible.

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"Hopefully they realise who the true responsible ones are and we can move forward, because it's a beautiful club that, with the structure it has, could easily be competing for the title every year." Unsurprisingly, Postecoglou was asked about what Romero said, with the Tottenham boss explaining why he thinks he made those admissions.

"He was very emotional," Postecoglou said in his pre-Rangers press conference. "He hasn't been able to help us on the pitch. I think that was his way of trying to help. We're going through a tough time and he believes in what we're doing."

"The other part [about the hierarchy], he probably went about it the wrong way. I don't think our challenges at the moment are about one person. I haven't and have never believed that. To come through this, that'll only happen if we remain united.

"Cristian, he realises that lot of what he said was good but some wasn't the right way of dealing with it. The same way I wouldn't criticise a player publicly. I've spoken to Cristian about it and he's apologised for it.

"It wasn't the right way to do it. It shows he cares. There's a way to do it and this wasn't it." Postecoglou later added: "I just think you deal with these things internally. I just don't think there's any benefit for us. I know people get really salacious about punishments and stuff. They really love that sort of thing.

"I think I'm pretty consistent in saying I don't just think that's important. I think what's more important is an understanding of how we should deal with these things and deal with them better.

"I've already spoken to Christian about it and and you know, he's apologised for the fact that the way he said it, particularly in the public sense, wasn't the right way to go about things. He's a human being, he got emotional and I think he just expressed what he wanted to express, probably in the wrong way.

"He does care. I think it would have been easy for him not to say anything. He does care, but there's a way to do these things and a way to express yourself and the way he did it wasn't the right way."

Though Postecoglou is clearly of the belief Romero should not have said all those things in the public domain, doing so may well throw the gauntlet down to Levy to make more more money available for big signings.