Barcelona will meet with Oriol Romeu’s agent to ask for his signature

Barcelona – in Barcelona plans to meet with an agent Oriole Romeo Imminent to assess the prospects of merging the midfielder from Girona For next season, according to a source who explained to ESPN.

Ex southampton and Chelsea He grew up in Barcelona’s youth academy and the Catalan club see him as a good low-cost option to fill the void left by Rahil Sergio Busquets. So far, there have been phone calls between the two parties to assess his signing, and today sources have confirmed to ESPN that Barcelona wants to meet Oriol’s representative face-to-face to continue taking steps in the negotiations and to find out how to convince Girona.

However, the 31-year-old midfielder has a clause of £8m and Barcelona are not considering reaching that amount.

Romeo welcomes the Barcelona club back, but is very grateful to Girona and his priority is that all parties end up happy if the transfer finally takes place. Since Busquets announced that he would not continue at Barcelona, ​​the club had been scrutinizing the market for a replacement, but his delicate financial situation made further operations impossible.

In this sense, sources confirm to ESPN that Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Marcelo Brozovic (Inter de Milan) also Martin Zubemendi They were some of the alternatives they evaluated before settling on an affordable option like Oriol.

Another name is Nico Gonzalezthe young Barcelona player who worked last season on loan at Valencia. The versatile midfielder is loved by Deco, the sporting director, and by Matteo Alemany, the football area manager, but Xavi would rather invest in a more experienced player like Romeo. It should be remembered that Xavi and Oriol Romeo were first team mates for Barcelona in the 2010-11 season, with Pep Guardiola as coach.