Barcelona has accelerated in the last hours to sign Oriol Romeu, a 31-year-old midfielder, trained in the club’s lower categories and who now plays for Girona. Barça hopes to reach an agreement with the Montilivi club between this weekend and Monday. The operation is around five million euros. In other words, the value of the Oriol Romeu clause (4 million) plus variables still pending completion.
The idea that the Barcelona club is considering is that Xavi can already count on Oriol Romeu to travel on July 19 to tour the United States. As this newspaper explained, the Montilivi club has also shown interest in being able to incorporate another midfielder. They asked for Nico González. Also by Pablo Torre. It will be the latter who would end up in Girona on loan.
The operation has accelerated in the last hours after the informal conversations held between the clubs and without any formal proposal on the table. Pere Guardiola, president of the Girona board of directors, spoke on Wednesday about Barcelona’s interest in Oriol Romeu and delved into informal contacts. “About 18 days ago I already spoke with Mateu Alemany who called me to find out about the footballer’s situation and we spoke again a couple of days ago to meet soon and see each other,” he said.
In order to register the footballer, the Blaugrana club must make more movements. The formula that they are considering from the offices of the sports city involves closing the transfers of at least two more players. In addition, the sports area also has to finish negotiating a new salary adjustment. From the offices they ensure that Ter Stegen, goalkeeper and captain, has shown a good predisposition. Ter Stegen’s current contract with Barcelona ends in June 2025.
