Oriol Romeu

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

Welcome to Chelsea Oriol! :cfc:

[Term-X 7,891]

It's dubious & arrogant, I'd rather Chelsea had not agreed to a deal like this.. but what's done is done.

[Waterfall 893]

So Chelsea have to accept... It's good that we are buying youth players, but what if he does really well for us, and Barca want him back.. we will have to spend more money for another defensive midfielder.

Yeah but we would have made 10M in two years. With the 15M, we can buy three Romeu's

[madalista 30]

:goodpost:

Was a good game till one Ecuador player stupidly got sent of.

It should have been tied. And had not been for Romeu, Ecuador could have won.

Caicedo was the best on the field, follow by Romeu. Romeu was superb for Spain.

he was good yesterday. recio, the guy playing ahead of him was a passenger yesterday so everything went thru oriol.

[We Hate Scouse 10,326]

Yeah but we would have made 10M in two years. With the 15M, we can buy three Romeu's

And his actual market value may be triple 15M in 2 years...

[dodojojo 510]

Haven't seen him play but very excited about Romeu, intrigued to see how many minutes he'll actually be getting. As a LaMasia product, he should be plenty skillful for a defensive mid. Think it'll be a matter if he can adapt to the PL game.

No doubts Torres will be taking care of him. Dani Pacheco said Torres went out of his way to help him when he arrived in Liverpool as a 17 year old.

[NattyBlue 44]

He will drive us on to win 6 trophies in the next 2 seasons, I got a feeling.

[Tortilla9 390]

Haven't seen him play but very excited about Romeu, intrigued to see how many minutes he'll actually be getting. As a LaMasia product, he should be plenty skillful for a defensive mid. Think it'll be a matter if he can adapt to the PL game.

No doubts Torres will be taking care of him. Dani Pacheco said Torres went out of his way to help him when he arrived in Liverpool as a 17 year old.

Have seen him play in the U20 WC. Very solid player, plays a deeper role for Spain, comfortable on the ball, not a physical lightweight either. I think AVB made a good decision.

And yes, it won't hurt him to have another Spaniard in the club.

[B.Jen <3 23]

more spanishh players pleease!

keep em' cumin!

[Tortilla9 390]

Guardian article about Oriol written by Sid Lowe who writes for the Guardian and follows Spanish football closely.

A few tidbits:

Bigger and stronger than most of his Barcelona team-mates at 6ft 1in and 13 stone, Romeu is the least "Barça" of the Barça midfielders. Physical, well positioned, tactically bright but less precise in his passing, less rapid, less smooth, in possession. Luis Enrique, his coach for Barça B, notes his attitude and presence rather than his eye for a pass.

As Martí Perarnau, the most diligent observer of Barcelona's youth set-up puts it: "Oriol is solidario. He never abandons his team-mates. He reaches every corner and covers every gap. He gives balance in the middle, allowing the rest to construct with freedom, and he goes into challenges strongly and decisively. He enjoys winning the ball back and pressuring the opposition. Sometimes, though, he is hasty in the transition of the ball."

he is described by the Spain Under-21 manager, Luis Milla, as a player who "is always well positioned, tactically". Romeu, he adds, "uses the ball correctly in possession and always does the simple thing. He is a necessary component in any football team." André Villas-Boas certainly thinks so. "Romeu," he says, "is one of the midfielders with the greatest potential there is. He has a brilliant future."

[Naked Mole Rat 437]

Shevchenko, Alves, Robinho, Kakuta, and Romeu.

We should really stop fucking things up.

[Domino- 116]

Gets the number of Ricardo Carvalho

[Kostas 1,468]

Guardian article about Oriol written by Sid Lowe who writes for the Guardian and follows Spanish football closely.

A few tidbits:

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Doesn't sound like one to kick Mikel out of the team..

Shevchenko, Alves, Robinho, Kakuta, and Romeu.

How are those connected? I mean except from them being professional football players.

[Rkk 17]

Really happy that chelsea bought a great talent.. BUT the freaking Buy back clause is spoiling my day. f*ck barca.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Barcelona will have Xavi, Iniesta, Thiago, Fabregas, Macherano and Busquets in 2 years and if Oriol likes it here and plays well I'm not sure he'll be keen to return to Barca.

In 2 years,

Xavi will be 33

Iniesta will be 29

&

Mascherano 29

There will be a lot of incentive for Oriol to return. To be honest, we make a profit either way. Wouldn't be happy about it, but if he'd want to leave then not much we can do but accept that case. Hopefully he'll give us a good 2 years.