Oriol Romeu

[magic weeds 446]

Interesting rumour - there is a buyback clause at the end of each of first two years (10m €), a first-refusal clause for the next two years and after that CFC have an option to buy him for 15m €.

Sorry Madmax, the rumour is wrong. The deal includes a buy-back clause of 10 million Euros after a year, rising to 15 after the second year.

CFC have already bought him, so if barca wants to buy him after the second year, they will have to cough 15M.

[We Hate Scouse 10,326]

Our website never mentions the buy-back clause

Because it's embarrassing for a club of our stature to be doing that.

[Madmax 9,219]

Sorry Madmax, the rumour is wrong. The deal includes a buy-back clause of 10 million Euros after a year, rising to 15 after the second year.

CFC have already bought him, so if barca wants to buy him after the second year, they will have to cough 15M.

Yeah well as I said it's just a rumour.

Think he'll be used straight away. He's decided to move because the presence of Busquets and Mascherano wouldn't let him have games, can't imagine he would agree to come here if he wasn't assured of a reasonably prominent role in the team.

[chrismada9 1,948]

Barca website says:

The deal includes a buy-back clause of 10 million Euros after a year, rising to 15 after the second year.

embarrassing!

[Domino- 116]

Welcome , Romeu

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

We don't need to use him for 2 years lol...

[Madmax 9,219]

#13, perhaps?

[5354 204]

2nd spanish player in the squad!

hopefully he and torres can become buddies

[Sheva. 5,373]

Welcome to Chelsea...... again lol.

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

If he is with us for the third year in is contract does the buy back clause expire? Or if he finishes his four years and then gets a new contract or has a contract extention does the buy back clause expire?

[kongdaniel 34]

Does Oriol and the gk with the difficult name count as the two signings Gourlay was talking about?

If so, then Oriol would feature in the first team squad then......?

[MetsajCFC 1,255]

Welcome to Chelsea

[Melanicus 5,208]

:cfc:

[Kostas 1,468]

The Barcelona site descibes him as a rough-tackling midfielder whose main attributes are stamina and power, must admit that's not what I expected when we signed a Barcelona midfielder. Still our squad is terribly short of midfielders and as long as he plays more frequently than eg Sturridge at that age he will definitely benefit us.

Welcome to Chelsea Oriol Romeu.

[kongdaniel 34]

Yes, Romeu seems to be one of the two signings as is Courtois

And as Sturridge, Romeu is really recruited to be part of the first team because he is ready. Sturridge had experience of nearly starter in Premierleague and played in Europe with Shity ; Romeu comes from the best reserves system in the world, he is able to play in the Prem and he won't play in the reserves. He really is the backup of Mikel, not a young prospect the club has no precise ambition with.

Carlo did not trust in youngsters, Villas Boas seems to do that so it would be normal to see Romeu, Josh, Sturridge playing some games next season and a lot more than under Carlo

That makes sense, thanks mate!