Tottenham fans react on Twitter as club clinch deal for Argentina international

By Alex Taylor

Federico Fazio has joined Roma from Tottenham on a loan-to-buy deal, it was announced on Wednesday night -and there has been a mixed response from Tottenham fans on Twitter.

The Argentine defender, 29, has joined initially on a season-long loan that will cost Roma £1million and could make the move permanent in a £2.7million deal in a year's time.

Fazio originally joined Tottenham from Spanish club Sevilla in the summer of 2014 for a transfer fee of £8million but will now play his football away from White Hart Lane.

There was little surprise at Fazio's exit and some were happy that a fringe player has opened up space in the squad for someone else, but a few claimed the Argentina international was under-rated.

Here are a selection of the Twitter messages from fans:

His exit from the club comes even though centre-back Jan Vertonghen was ruled out for a minimum of eight weeks with an ankle injury sustained playing for Belgium at Euro 2016 last month.

Toby Alderweireld and Kevin Wimmer will likely form a partnership in the heart of the Spurs defence in Vertonghen’s absence but the club lack senior cover in the position, and could be reliant upon inexperienced youth team players.

In other Tottenham transfer news, Norwich have hijacked Alex Pritchard’s £8million move to Brighton