Former Tottenham Hotspur player Graham Roberts believes that Cristian Romero will be relishing coming up against Michail Antonio this weekend.
Antonio was in inspired form for West Ham last season, scoring ten goals and registering five assists in the Premier League and has started this season in similar form, as he has five goals and three assists from his opening seven top flight matches.
As well as this, the 31-year-old also has a goal and assist to his name in the Europa League with West Ham qualifying for the tournament after finishing sixth last season the league table.
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Ex-Spurs player Roberts believes that summer acquisition Romero will be relishing coming up against him this weekend, telling This is Futbol: “Well, I think every player is different you know, so he’s powerful, I think Romero will love that, I think he loves a powerful player to play against, he’s quite strong so yeah, you don’t worry.”
Romero has featured eight times for Spurs so far this season in all competitions, with four of those appearances coming in the Premier League.
In league matches, Romero has a 67% tackle success rate, has won 20 duels and made 19 recoveries and with both players in decent form, coming up against Antonio should be an interesting battle this weekend.