Oriol Romeu

[Special Juan 28,100]

Another waste of wages gone.

[iseah100 5,612]

Wouldn't a loan there make more sense? One last chance to see how he gets on at a good PL side.

What if he becomes fantastic there and we've sold him permanently for cheap?

He's had how many loans? That's not fair to the player. I hope he does well.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

For the life of me, I'll never understand why we offered him a new contract anyway lmao! Guess it put up his sell-on price.

[didierforever 7,349]

For the life of me, I'll never understand why we offered him a new contract anyway lmao! Guess it put up his sell-on price.

to get some of our investment back i guess.

[Pizy 18,858]

He's had how many loans? That's not fair to the player. I hope he does well.

All I'm asking is what if he does phenomenally well at Southampton (however doubtful it is)?

Could be a Mikel replacement next season.

[didierforever 7,349]

All I'm asking is what if he does phenomenally well at Southampton (however doubtful it is)?

Could be a Mikel replacement next season.

we have mvg and pasalic for that. romeu is no where near to good enough.

[iseah100 5,612]

All I'm asking is what if he does phenomenally well at Southampton (however doubtful it is)?

Could be a Mikel replacement next season.

Then they have a good player on their hands. Not fair to the player to keep him around if the club has no plans for him.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

to get some of our investment back i guess.

Yeah for sure, I just wonder if Romeu knew that..

[Pizy 18,858]

we have mvg and pasalic for that. romeu is no where near to good enough.

Come on. We know with 99.99% certainty that we'll never see either of them playing in our first team. Romeu either. I was just asking a hypothetical.

[didierforever 7,349]

Come on. We know with 99.99% certainty that we'll never see either of them playing in our first team. Romeu either. I was just asking a hypothetical.

i know. but i was just saying that IF we want to replace mikel with someone currently on our books, we have already have 2 options better than romeu. so if we are getting some money out of this deal, so be it.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Meh. Sorry to say but, after that one good (half) season under AVB, he did next to nothing. Offers a little more offensively than Mikel, but nowhere near as composed on the ball, nor defensively disciplined inasmuch as maintaining the team's shape/balance. Wish him all the best, but we have better options than him already at the club, even Mikel counts as one of those options. He isn't going to start ahead of Matic or Ramires, and MvG is likely to at least get one more season to prove himself.

[The Mak 4,459]

Unlikely considering Romeu has never been part of his plans.

Ah, I understand that. Just hoping that if he moves on and makes us look a bit silly for keeping the likes of Mikel instead it may have a positive effect for future prospects like Pasalic or MVG...but I doubt it.

[nadavTKL 1,787]

He signed, should move the topic.

£5M fee btw. Every nobody (yes Romeu is a nobody) is costing £5m in todays Premier League... thats quite funny.

[LAM09 7,043]

This deal came out of nowhere. No doubt he'll prove to be ten times better than Mikel.

[Blue Colored Sky 1,807]

Come on. We know with 99.99% certainty that we'll never see either of them playing in our first team. Romeu either. I was just asking a hypothetical.

1) As I wrote in Pasalic thread, I assume that they tried to get him a work permit but failed and Pasalic himself said that he trained 2 weeks with Mourinho who was optimistic about him and personally advised him to go to Spain. Shame that I don't have access to Chelsea TV because I would find one of last pre-season press conference when Jose speaks about him and can't find anything in written version which usually is just a highlight.

Also Eddie Newton, who takes care of the loanees, spoke highly about his last season that he showed great maturity at this age, playing in defensive midfield position. And finally Chelsea didn't agree to set buy-option for Monaco at 15m€ (it was reported by Di Marzio) which is very high price for 20 yo bought for 3m€.

2) Mourinho said about Van Ginkel that he and his people were scouting him months before he signed (which also confirmed that deal between Mourinho and Chelsea was agreed months before it happened) and that's why they're convinced about his quality/potential.

So I think chances of either of them are higher than 0.01% ... IMO it's 50/50 that at least one of them will be in the squad in the coming season.