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Cristian Romero has been hailed as 'perfect' by Antonio Conte while Paul Robinson believes Tottenham defender could play for any Premier League team... so how does the Argentine compare to his Man City, Liverpool and Chelsea counterparts?

Antonio Conte already considers Cristian Romero a permanent member of Tottenham's squad, and many fans no doubt will too.

The 23-year-old joined Spurs on a season-long loan spell from Atalanta with a £42.5million obligation to buy in the summer.

A 'very serious' hamstring injury suffered on international duty with Argentina in November interrupted what had been a promising start to his loan spell, and Spurs consequently struggled without him, conceding 13 goals across all competitions.

Cristian Romero returned from injury last weekend in Tottenham's victory against Brighton
Spurs boss Antonio Conte (L) described Romero as a 'perfect' defender for the Premier League

But Italian boss Conte was gushing in his praise of the Argentine following his return to the first-team fold in the FA Cup fourth-round win against Brighton.