Tottenham Hotspur captain Cristian Romeo appears to criticise ‘other people’ at the club in a cryptic social media post following Bournemouth defeat

Micky van de Ven and Palhinha approached visiting fans and exchanged words with them at full-time, while goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario shepherded an animated Pedro Porro away from the crowds.

Spurs have been booed on a number of occasions this season, with fans even chanting “boring, boring Tottenham” at their own team during their recent goalless draw against Brentford.

After the defeat to Bournemouth, Romero took to social media and a section of his post read: “At times like this, it should be other people coming out to speak, but they don’t – as has been happening for several years now.

“They only show up when things are going well, to tell a few lies.”

Pedro Porro and Thomas Frank at full-time in Tottenham’s 3-2 defeat to Bournemouth

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The post has since been edited – removing the suggestion of lying. 

“Apologies to all fans of you who follow us everywhere, who are always there and will continue to be,” Romero wrote.

“We are responsible, there’s no doubt about that. I am the first. But we will keep facing up to it and trying to turn the situation around, for ourselves and for the club.

“At times like this, it should be other people coming out to speak, but they don’t – as has been happening for several years now. They only show up when things are going well.

“We’ll stay here, working, sticking together and giving our all to turn things around. Especially at times like this, keeping quiet, working harder and moving forward all together is part of football.

“All together, it will be easier.”

Tottenham are 14th in the Premier League table and have won just one of their last six matches in the top flight.

Defeat at the Vitality Stadium put more pressure on manager Thomas Frank during his first season in charge at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Speaking after the match, he said: “I think it’s fair to say everyone involved in Tottenham – players, staff, fans, everyone – this is a tough one to take today. 

“I think hopefully everyone can see how hard it works to get everything in the right direction. 

“I think overall the performance was good, especially in the second half, and again where we deserved to get more. That is extremely painful to be part of so, of course, people are frustrated, I’m frustrated.”