He's more physical and a better passer than Mikel too. Just an all round better player
Oriol Romeu
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Yep, more incisive passer, forces the play a bit more. Also, exerts more control, and always want the ball. Good signing.
I thought he was on loan, looks a potentially very good signing and only 20 too.
I thought he was class in the 2nd half tonight, him and Ramirez really took over the midfield and Romeu was spreading the ball incisively as well as putting in the hard yards defensively.
So far so good from him.Whether he'll be better than Mikel, time will tell.
decent looking player... showing good value in the market.
Haven't seen much of him, but I was very impressed with him last night.
Good range of passing, wants the ball a lot, is willling to pass it forward and run after it (Mikel really doesn't), good technique, decent tackler and looked to be dishing it out in the headers as well.
All in all, for a central midfielder so young, he looks very promising. Had the odd misplaced pass that young midfielders have (specially one in the first half that could have finished Chelsea off), but overall he looked sharp.
Good range of passing, wants the ball a lot, is willling to pass it forward and run after it (Mikel really doesn't), good technique, decent tackler and looked to be dishing it out in the headers as well.
All in all, for a central midfielder so young, he looks very promising. Had the odd misplaced pass that young midfielders have (specially one in the first half that could have finished Chelsea off), but overall he looked sharp.
And apparently he wasn't even among Barcelona's most promising youngsters. Their academy really is something else. Best in the world by quite some distance.
Would Barcelona sign him back? But he won't start for Barcelona, not in the next few years anyway.
I think Chelsea have more reason to lie about this and contrary to whatever people may have heard, Oriol was rated highly in Spain and captained the under 20s in their recent tournament before this season started. This is very likely the reason they let him go on the cheap and the stories of Barcelona's ability to buy him back when they want, date back to when he first signed.
What would be the point in lying about it though?
I'm more inclined to believe that the official Chelsea website would know about a confidantial contract between Chelsea and Barca than a Spanish tabloid touting unamed "Barcelona sources".
Letting him settle into the club and having the fans welcome him. They'll be less inclined to give him time to settle in if they figure they're going to lose him in a season or two anyway. They'll want McEachran and the rest playing
If he's playing well enough to get into Barca's first team and he wants to go back there (who could blame him?), clause or not he'll go back there.
Just seems odd that Chelsea FC would tell a flat out lie about something that Barca could (if they were remotely bothered) disprove immediately.
While not taking any sides, the official Chelsea website would 'know' what the club tells them. A Spanish tabloid that actually has some contact in Barcelona would know exactly the same.
That's retarded.
Romeu and his agent know better than anyone what his contract entails. How can a club lie to a player about his own contract?
Lying to appease the fans? But with the whole world watching plus Barca, Romeu's agent and a player himself, all fully aware of what the truth is, how can you expect to get away with it?
Unless Barcelona or Romeu's agent say otherwise, I'd stick with what AVB said.
Well the situation reminds me of Gill, Rossi and Villarreal. They say we had no clause in his contract, Gill said we do. Once a club has sold a player theres literally no reason at all to suggest you can buy that player you didnt want back unless its the truth. But for the club who bought the player it looks better on them and makes it more likely the player will settle and the fans accept him, if they try and brush a clause that may or may not ever be activated under the carpet so to speak
What?
Dont be silly now
Either way one side is lying and most likely as with Rossi, the player and agent wont even mention it because they'll know what the truth is.
That's not the case though, Chelsea have made an official statement on it and Barca have not said a word.
Barca are fond of buy-back clauses too. Doesn't Bojan have something similar in his contract? I remember a lot of caftards getting very confused about it in the summer.
Yeah, I remember Bojan having something similar. Or so it was reported.
Thought I read somewhere that after Cesc's departure and rise to stardom they start inserting buy-back clauses into transfer of their youth products.
Oriol Romeu signs for Chelsea | FCBarcelona.cat
As I mentioned, when the deal was actually done it was said then. Its not something thats only come up after he's impressed at Chelsea, its on their official website at the time of sale and frankly it comes up with more details about the deal than AVB or Chelsea have.
That does not contradict anything AVB said. He simply clarified what "buy back clause" means in this particular deal.
We know what a buyback clause means and its not what AVB is suggesting. Chelsea would have no right to refuse in that case.
Nothing in that article goes against what AVB said.
Unless you work for Barca front office you don't know what Romeu's particular buyback clause involves, either.
there was more thing about him - just after he was booked in their last game i think that Silva dribbled past him but also was close to get him leg get caught. Romeu was quick enough to pull his leg back and avoid sending off. I'm sure Obi would have been sent off as he is a stupid fecker.
Thats like saying that unless you work for Manchester United, you dont know what Berbatov's particular transfer fee involved. Even though we've had the figures and know what a transfer fee is. You're being pedantic
Unless Barcelona's official site were wrong when they put out this article to say Oriol had been transfered to Chelsea and stated they have inserted a buyback clause after 1 season and a rising figure beyond that, then Chelsea and AVB will have no say whatsoever if Barcelona come in with the agreed amount. Thats why the clause was put in there in the first place and what a buyback clause means
Nobody disputes that the player has the buyback clause, that's not what we're trying to figure out. Unless you're suggesting that all buyback arrangements are the same, then none of us really know what Romeo's clause includes or doesn't.
The question is, whether Chelsea has a say in it or not. Your article doesn't clear up anything in that respect and the only official explanation we've heard so far came from the Chelsea manager, who insists that it's up to CFC whether to sell him back to Barca or not.
Mundo Deportivo may have many sources in FCB, but it's still just a paper, and until I hear from the official Barcelona representative anything that disproves AVB's claim, I'll stick with what he said.
No. He is just the better holding player. Mikel was wrongfully converted into one.
As a holding player he is miles better already tbf. Because he is a natural. Mikel in comparison was forced into a role that was never supposed to be his.
I'm cautious in rating a player too highly too quickly.Mikel wasn't a complete failure at Chelsea
As a holding player IMO he will never be consistently good enough. I hope AVB releases him from that duty permanently.
I hope Barca can and do buy him back, he looks stupidly good. EXACTLY the type of player we need tbh
Buy-back clause or no buy-back clause, it sounds as though the player himself is determined to move back to Barca in the near future.
Oriol Romeu could return to Barcelona in 2013 | Mail Online
Oriol Romeu could return to Barcelona in 2013 | Mail Online
Apparently they do it with the vast majority of players. Very sensible thing to do in my opinion, especially when you produce so much talent.
I'm still shocked that Chelsea signed a feeder club contract.
Very dangerous for football if they're allowed to continue in such a fashion. It's basically allowing Barcelona to use other major football clubs to develop their players knowing they have a guarenteed way of getting the player back if he's good enough. Pique and Fabregas were glorified loan deals. Great for Barca, not great for everyone else.
It's only being allowed because clubs are agreeing to the contract stipulations, I can tell you for nothing that there is no way United would agree to such a contract and as I said, I am shocked Abramovich did.
I'm aware of that but a point will come where something will need to be done to protect the competitive nature of the sport. Deals such as this could cripple the game.