Girona Let’s go back almost a month. Specifically, to an interview with Quique Cárcel in the program We are stubborn of Sport3. There, Girona’s sporting director spoke about Oriol Romeu, noted as one of the best footballers in the League. He was directly asked if the Girona club had received interest in taking him away or if there were any chances that a good proposal would arrive. “Currently (it was June 12) I feel that Oriol is very good here. He wants to continue, he is happy and content at Girona. We have not received any offer and, obviously, we do not want him to leave; because he has experience that he makes his teammates better. He’s a pillar,” he said. If it wasn’t completely clear to anyone, the journalist Jordi Sunyer insisted: “So, it’s non-transferable?” “Yes, it is; for Girona, it is.” The non-transferable Romeu, however, had not yet received the call from Barça.
And this can change everything, or almost. Because what does not change is that Girona continues to tag the footballer from Ulldecona, the proper name and unlike a team that was about to close the season by ranking among the top seven, that is to say in places Europeans, as non-transferable. Girona does not want to sell Oriol Romeu. No way. But the ex of La Masia, tempted, seduced and chosen by Xavi Hernández as Sergio Busquets’ replacement, after all the previous options fell one by one due to an economic issue, is no longer so clear about the premise with which he said goodbye to his classmates in the summer to go on vacation. He left thinking that he would continue to wear the Girona shirt, because that is what he has always wanted. But it has become a shirt that may never be worn again.
Advertising campaigns apart, of course. Romeu was one of the white-and-red footballers who appeared on Monday in the images of the presentation of the second and third kit for next season. Coincidence, or not, the week after all the media put the Catalan midfielder on the cover. “The desired”, “The strategy to sign him”, “Press to go to Barça” or “Bridge option for Barça”. Girona, which has had a magnificent championship, has not even been taken into account. In fact, it is still time for the Barcelona team to communicate. Romeo, yes, has been called more than once or twice. Until the anger in Montilivi has become fat, because they consider that Barça has not played fair and has acted behind the scenes.
Barça prefers to lower the price
The leaks, interested depending on how the wind blows, indicate that Barça is not prepared to pay the almost ten million euros of Oriol Romeu’s termination clause, the figure to which Girona clings to continue telling the transatlantic culer that the footballer is still his. That he prefers to lower the price, reduced as the current account is, even including players he wants to get rid of. Romeu, named next week to start Girona’s pre-season, has opened his eyes to the possibility of returning to the club where he formed. But in Girona’s offices there is no doubt: if Barça wants him, let him pay. Because Girona’s backbone has a price. In this case, around ten million euros.
The exchange can be further complicated, because not even Barça is clear what step to take. Despite talking to the footballer, some consulted sources agree that within the same club there is no consensus regarding the figure of Oriol Romeu. While in Montilivi it is Míchel’s footballing haystack and no one disputes his reign, in Barcelona they are not completely wet. His signing by Barça will be a relief for Xavi, but his loss to Girona will break all plans. Whatever search takes place in the summer market, you must be aware that his replacement will be of a lower level.
In any case, Romeu is still not moving, and the case does not look like it will be resolved soon, despite some speculation regarding Xavi’s interests stating that the Barcelona coach wanted the footballer before the start of the pre-season. And Barça 23-24 also walks again next week. At the moment without the midfielder from Ulldecona.
Girona sign Daley Blind
Girona has strengthened its defense this Friday with the signing of Daley Blind, a 33-year-old Dutch left back who arrived on a free transfer from Bayern Munich. Blind, who has signed for two seasons and can also play as a center and pivot, has successfully passed the medical tests with the Catalan club. The heart problems he had in the past have not been an impediment despite playing with a defibrillator implanted in his heart since 2019.
2023-07-07 16:00:39
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