Barca made a new signing. It’s about oriole romeu, 31-year-old midfielder trained at La Masia and hails from Girona. The Catalan, once compared to Sergio Busquets, is set to replace Frenkie de Jong in midfield for Xavi’s side.
Here are all the details about it signing of Oriol Romeu from Barcelona.
Oriol Romeu to Barcelona: transfer value and details
Oriol Romeu returns to Barcelonateam with which he played two games in Season 2010-2011to later represent Chelsea, Valencia, Stuttgart, Southampton and, last season, Gironain what marked his return to La Liga after eight years in other European competitions.
Barca have signed Romeo from Girona 4.5 million eurosalso adding the on loan from Pablo Torre for a year.
How is Oriol Romeu playing?
Romeo is a midfielder emerged from La Masiawho was then marked as his successor Sergio Busquetswith which it shares certain characteristics.
With good height for the position (1.83m)the origin of Tarragona stands out for his defensive skills and his ability to distribute the ball accurately. There are some left in the must shortcomings in terms of speedexcept he’s not a regular goalscorer: just two between the last two seasons.
He is more of a position player than a power player. In Girona he played like defensive midfielder in a 4-1-4-1 formation.
It is worth remembering that Barca looked for several players to replace Busquets, with names like those of Joshua Kimmich, Sofyan Amrabat or Martín Zubimendi among the most prominent, but eventually ended up closing the signature of an old man known as Romeu, who signs as Main replacement for Frenkie de Jong.
How old is Oriol Romeu?
Oriol Romeu was born on September 24, 1991 in Ulldecona, a municipality in the province of Tarragona. Currently it has 31 years old.
