James 5,331 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Chelsea have today announced Oriol Romeu will spend a second season away from Stamford Bridge after he agrees to join Stuttgart on loan for next season.A statement on chelseafc.com read: 'Oriol Romeu has joined Stuttgart on a season-long loan. The midfielder, 22, who recently signed a three-year contract at Stamford Bridge, heads to the German top flight.Romeu last month put pen to paper on a new three-year deal, leading Chelsea fans to believe he would form part of Mourinho's plans for the coming campaign, possibly at the expense of John Obi Mikel.The Spaniard moved to Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2011 from Barcelona, and has so far made 33 Chelsea appearances. He spent last season on loan at Valencia.Romeu has not played a competitive game for Chelsea since December 2012 although he did play 70 minutes in Chelsea's 5-0 win over Wycombe Wanderers earlier in pre-season.Click here to view the article CHOULO19, Viper22 and MichaelDance 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 hope he returns to us next season MichaelDance, Nero and Azul 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azul 1,615 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I wish him well. Too bad he got injured when Benitez was the manager. He could've made a breakthrough under him. The Mak 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedsBlue 1,549 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 If he performs well then he could be like a new signing for us next season. MichaelDance 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper22 2,418 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I'm thinking he'll come back next season to compete with Matic for the CDM place in our team when Mikel gets sold. I've always rated him and hope he has a good showing at Stuttgart to prove that he is ready for us from next season. zolayes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdrcfc 461 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Wasn't the reason he signed a contract for us to stop Barcelona getting him back in that weird signing of him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper22 2,418 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Wasn't the reason he signed a contract for us to stop Barcelona getting him back in that weird signing of him?He was rumoured to have a buy back clause of £5.5M but I think they expire after time rather than when a new contract is signed? Maybe I'm wrong though, in which case, good business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myself 793 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 a youth (our own or one we've bought) of ours is never going to make it here, will they? it's a shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 a youth (our own or one we've bought) of ours is never going to make it here, will they? it's a shame.Romeu isn't a Chelsea Youth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 4,400 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Weird one. I have no idea what we're trying to do with him. He signs a new deal, say's he's looking forward to playing and explaining how he feels like he's 'home' and then boom, he's at Stuttgart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myself 793 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Romeu isn't a Chelsea Youth.I know he wasn't, but still, it doesn't send out a good message to our youth players at all. We bought him when he was 19, around the same age most of our most promising youth players are right now, what does this tell them? That they're going to be loaned out for 2-3 seasons in a row and then eventually sold for a large fee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I know he wasn't, but still, it doesn't send out a good message to our youth players at all. We bought him when he was 19, around the same age most of our most promising youth players are right now, what does this tell them? That they're going to be loaned out for 2-3 seasons in a row and then eventually sold for a large fee?The thing that restricted Romeu's chances were his unfortunate injuries. If we're talking about young loan players coming back I could give you a great example in Courtois - who was remarkable in his loan spell and is now challenging for the number 1 spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myself 793 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 The thing that restricted Romeu's chances were his unfortunate injuries.If we're talking about young loan players coming back I could give you a great example in Courtois - who was remarkable in his loan spell and is now challenging for the number 1 spot.Fair enough - but I still wanted him over Mikel in the squad. But, how many more do we have? Courtois' loan spells were REMARKABLE, but how many others turned out like that? I don't see McEachran (i think that's how you spell it lol) or Chalobah even in the squad this season, Chalobah couldn't even get games in pre-season, and he is one of our most promising young players.I dunno man, I just really want some youth players in our squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Weird one. I have no idea what we're trying to do with him. He signs a new deal, say's he's looking forward to playing and explaining how he feels like he's 'home' and then boom, he's at Stuttgart. Had our non-HG quota been fine, I don't think Romeu would have gone out on loan but because the quota isn't fine, we needed to find a way to solve the issue and one of it was obviously to loan Romeu out. Of course, it could have been others like Van Ginkel but perhaps Mourinho believes he would be more useful to the team at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzchap 8,966 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 This is a smart move.He needs playing time after the injury. This move allows him time to settle back in out of the media spotlight.And as others have said - if he has a good season, we have a ready made player for next season.If he struggles post injury - then we have options... The only place to be 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skau13 21 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 The thing that restricted Romeu's chances were his unfortunate injuries.And the fact that he wasnt very good to begin with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjperdeath 2,226 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 And the fact that he wasnt very good to begin withThat is actually quite harsh. He was one of Barca's biggest prospects and could have had a big leap on his development chart if he had regular playing time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skau13 21 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 That is actually quite harsh. He was one of Barca's biggest prospects and could have had a big leap on his development chart if he had regular playing time.He really wasnt. Thats rewriting history right there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjperdeath 2,226 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 He really wasnt. Thats rewriting history right there.He actually was. I remember reading the Barcelona forum back then. Many surprisingly had him on Thiago level after Cuenca had a breakthrough season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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