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Spanish report: Arsenal consider move for Barcelona midfielder Oriol Romeu

September 06, 2010 | Transfer gossip | 25 Comments |
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Oriol Romeu

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is considering once again taking advantage of Barcelona 's famed academy to prize away young midfielder Oriol Romeu .


Arsenal famously tempted a young Cesc Fabregas to leave the club that he grew up at to move to North London.  Now, according to Spanish daily 'Sport', Wenger is considering making a similar move for Barcelona 's promising defensive midfielder Oriol Romeu .

The 18-year-old was extremely impressive for Barcelona 's reserve team last season and it was thought that Nou Camp boss Pep Guardiola might grant Romeu a step up to the first team this season, particularly as back up for Sergio Busquets .  However, the signing of Javier Mascherano has left Romeu's chances of first-team action as distant as ever.

'Sport' reports that Romeu is yet to hold talks with Barcelona on a contract extension and Arsenal boss Wenger is lying in wait to snap up the youngster, should he fail to agree a new deal with the Catalan club.

Romeu is strong and quick, which gives him the ability to impose himself on the midfield.  However, Romeu is also a versatile player, also able to play in defence.

User Comments
great. what a great way to get back at the most arrogent club in the world.
adam,September 06, 2010
Go Wenger make a Fabregas transfer deal with Barca 2 youths.....Thiago Alcantara (son of Brazilian World Cup winner Mazinho) - creative attacking midfielder mould of Fabregas & Oriol Romeu of a defensive midfielder to give competition for Emmanuel Frimpong⁄ Alex Song......Both Barca players will be classify U21 and after then home-grown in the future....Extremely good buy and why not since we all know Cesc Fabregas wanted to return to his catalan roots and we get to develop bothh youth players to chance to play exciting passing game just ike Barcelona.....Yes I am not deluded and Barcelona are a much better footballing side but with Wenger in the helm for the next 4 seasons you can only see the future developing in Arsenal on par in standard or better than Barcefuka
Andy,September 06, 2010
Both the Barca youth players are great prospects for Arsenal squad.....Jack Wilshre & Aaaron Ramsey are 2 great prospects that Wenger are blending into the first team .....In one swoop this transfer deal make good business for Arsenal club.....Arsene Wenger I wished you see this comment and take heed of the advice
Andy,September 06, 2010
No more of the Barca youth players will fall for the trap of Arsenal... Thiago is our jewel and so are all the other youngsters who are with us which includes Romeu, Muniesa, Bartra, Planas, JDS, Fontas. so just piss off wenger and try spending money to buy players.. not steal them by taking advantage of the Spanish FA rules.
Barca_4ever,September 06, 2010
@ Barca_4ever.......Is there freedom to play not forgetting Bosnian rules & EU employment laws......You and Barca fans want Fabregas to wear Barca shirt and crying out for his freedom.....Now you want Arsenal to keep their hands off Barca youths...Seriously I laugh and applaud your stupid narrow thoughts? Youth around every nation clubs brought players from around their globe and Barcelona is not the exception one out either....so who do you demand or rather call the shot could or could not? Ignorant and tyrant slave mentality
Andy ,September 06, 2010
@ Barca_4ever.....Is not Barcelona unable to stump up the right transfer fee & rather tapping up and getting cheap bargain? Barcelona used those unethical way and you are teaching how Arsenal should or should not do? Go restore your house right first and do deal the right way before demanding what Arsenal should or should not....LOL
Andy,September 06, 2010
I think what wenger should be talking about is how 2 get us a good kepper.song,ramsy&jack is there so let him blend them up.
Freedom,September 06, 2010
Barca is going down mate, ethically and morally they are the worst club on earth, and financially they are unstable than Arsenal. In La Liga, I was a Barca fan, but this year onwards, my support is for RM and Mou. Barca dont show respect to anyone, and the best even deserves to be punished for this. I wonder how FIFA never took action, or tighten the rules!!!
@ Barca_4ever,September 06, 2010
Everytime I hear Barca fans complain about people "stealing their young players", i just want to smack them. Are you guys so deluded that you fail to realize your best player was taken from Newell's old boys in argentina? We will give you Fabregas back as soon as you give Messi back to newell's old boys.
shane,September 06, 2010
If Wenger buys him, he is gonna be gr8.
otherwise just another rumour by agents who capitalise on Wengers eagle eye on talents.
aravindvr,September 06, 2010
@ Freedom ......Get this right once and for all what Wenger intended but I hope he will change one particular GK which I personally don't believed he will be a world class GK now & the future....Apparently Wenger believed in the two poles (Fabianski & Szczesny) ......Obviously Mark Schwarzer was intended to replaced Manuel Almunia as well as GK coach when Schwarzer retires (deal fall out because of Fulham backup injury at the wrong time)....Yes I cannot fathom why FA and the ref punish or stop the bully tactics employ by teams like Blackburn,Stoke (English media was bias and downfall of EPL standard of play) as well as Arsenal defenders unable to defend well....This season I saw a mark improvement in tactics against the thugs teams as well as quicker and intelligence defenders Wenger brought this season (Koscielny was a good buy and he is learning fast too) .....We are fortunate those defenders are behind our back & it just make no sense to balme on Almunia alone.......IMO Fabianski needs to improve fast and show what he can bring to the team otherwise I hope Wenger can turn to get loan him and buy another in the market.
Andy,September 06, 2010
at this point i say why not, a back up for song
chris,September 06, 2010
another one too young! No thanks
alan b'stard M P,September 06, 2010
Personally I believed Fabregas & Arsenal had made a gentleman pact to see him through this season....
Come next season he will most definite leave a rising ship (Arsenal) to another sinking ship.....I hope Wenger can get a swap deal for either or both Thiago Alcantara & Oriol Romeu as part of the deal to bring Fabregas across his catalan roots (Fabregas will play out his heart for Arsenal cause he has not forgotten Wenger gratitude to what he istoday - He owns his achievement to Wenger ).....This report "Spanish report: Arsenal consider move for Barcelona midfielder Oriol Romeu" is not just plain rumours as usually scouts, agents relay the intention to the press and it could be Wenger sounding his intention to do a swap deal plus cash ....Of course nobody knows the transfer fees and we cab only see it unfold when the things happen.....In fact I recalled Fabregas commented Aaron Ramsey huge improvement during his first team playtime (Aaron Ramsey being 19 YO is a huge huge talent which I see him or Jack Wilshere as a direct replacement of Fabregas when he set to go)
Andy,September 06, 2010
When I say Barca as a sinking ship because their finnacial position is bad in shape....@ Barca_4ever is right Barca is going down mate, ethically and morally they are the worst club on earth, and financially they are unstable than Arsenal......Here I heard many Arsenal fans calling Wenger sack and not buying players they love and his prudent as a hindrance to Arsenal success....Don't hear say, do your prudent research and you would clearly see the English press, English club managers,FA acts and thoughts are so disprise, hated and above all not acknowleding what Wenger had brought to the English game in diets, preparation and tactics.....Shameful ...... @ alan b'stard M P .....I sthe way forward as UEFA Platini bring the financial fair play and Wenger is one of the best in nuturing talents and the academy is imo only what I see third best after Barcelona, Ajax ....God Bless
Andy ,September 06, 2010
spend your money wenger you love cheap things and free thing if you want to win thing you have to invest in ur club and stop looking for free player ,want to be bigger than united chelse or liverpool spend ur fucking cash on player and stop taking arsenal money and spend on urself people at arsenal doesnt see what you are doing but i do. barca forever.
barca mann,September 06, 2010
Haha Andy is one of the most bitter and deluded Arsenal fans around and it is beyond hilarious. Keep it up Andy!
@Andy,September 06, 2010
ANDY you should keep laughing for as long as you can cause your useless team is on a serious decline and soon there will be no more ha ha"s from you and all those other arsenal fans.all i can see for the future of english football is man city and chelsea.tell me,when did arsenal win anything last?want to no what barca won over the last 10 years?ill tell you.[EVERYTHING]
BARCA FAN,September 06, 2010
Many headless Barca fans.....No Name to call ? Oh deluded or bitter indeed you fit the crown.....Read the history of Arsenal and so I am not here to brag or compare with Barca history (ethically and morally they are the worst club on earth right now).....Wenger transformed Arsenal club fortune, players diet, tactical concepts etc etc however many other things for the English Premier League which the English media never acknowledge (mass attacks but we do have many sensible people around the club and not deluded like you claimed - perhaps look in the mirror and see how your club was run before spouting nonsense chick headless claimed) ......Anyway did I claimed Arsenal are the great team now? Arsenal are a club which will be great in the near future and decades to come....All thanks the the great man Arsene Wenger vision...We don't leave or wanted to leave in delusion so we could not and wanted to compete the high transfer fees in the market....For you to claimed that Chelsea and Man City will be winning many titles with the grand daddy that brought the club....So you are slapping now to say that Barcelona buy every of their quality players with high transfer fees and achieved great success....You have Xavi (the whore mouth), Iniesta, Pique and others all coming through the rank of Barca academy (zip and don't want to go further with you no football fan brains- LOL) Barcelona was clearly overspending unwisely that the debts plied up and the Barca players pay was so huge ...Clearly the economics and financial end makes such a big club like Barca so naive and deluded...You can brag no problem but your club morality is what most club fans curse and swear behind your back....
under contract ,September 06, 2010
@ under contract, what you said, bro'. Barca kidnapped Messi when he was one year old and brainiaced him in an icubator and fed him the piss of Laporta, el puto madre. That is why Messi has a mullet and a nose as big as Ibrahimovic; remember, Messi is still growing, so his nose can be even bigger than Ibra's. This will help for all the lies he tells and for his diving. Busquets falls to the ground like a toothless whore grabbing the cojones of the cancerous barca scum.
right on,September 06, 2010
Wenger trying to steal another homegrown Barça player. What a surprise!
Sam,September 06, 2010
And we had Fran Merida and Ignasi Miquel (ex-barca as well).
Barca fans lay off - you were doing way worse stuff than this trying to force us to sell our talisman player
me again,September 07, 2010
One to get, it is no secret that Barca train them well. We can maybe sell him back to them ata profit after they get rid of Mascherano!
mutape,September 07, 2010
@shane
You silly twat, Messi left Argentina because Barca offered to pay for the treatment of his health conditions. How is that the same as the pirating that is being committed by EPL teams?
dannydans,September 09, 2010
Is ppl here serious? ARE U FUCKING KIDDING ME? Gunners u are a bunch of CROOKS AND CRIMINALS using a loophole. Get some good trainers and TRAIN YOUR OWN FUCKING PLAYERS. Oh yeah but ur english players blow a bunch of crooked youngsters
amazing,September 23, 2010
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