ROMEU, PRIORITY FOR THE PIVOT
The date on which Barça intends to close the signing of Oriol Romeu
FC Barcelona continues to work on the signing of Oriol Romeu, although Girona is not providing facilities. The culés are confident that they will close it shortly so that the midfielder joins the pre-season tour of the United States
The signing of a pivote continues being the main priority of the FC Barcelona before it finish the window of transfers estival. The name of Oriol Romeu appears of first in the diary of the sportive direction, although it keeps the interest in Giovani Celso. With the player formed in The Masia there is an agreement, but the negotiations with the Girona are being slope up... More than what thought the Barcelona.
Only it is necessary to take in account the 'dart' of Pere Guardiola, president of the board of directors of the Girona, to Joan Laporta after his recent statements on the 'favour' that would be doing him the culés to the club in case to concretise the traspaso of the mediocentro: "If the Barcelona wants to do us a favour would ask them that no us fichasen to Oriol Romeu. We are scheduling the season with Oriol in our staff and is a player importantísimo", said. The club keeps his posture, but the Barça pretends to follow insisting in his traspaso.
The key date for the Barça with Romeu
The Barcelona trust fully in that they will achieve the incorporation of the player of 31 years. It exists an agreement, in personal terms, with Romeu and his surroundings, but fault the green light of the Girona. In the Barça think that in the next days will be able to concretise it and that everything will be smart before the staff put course to United States for turns it of pre-season, in which they will contest four friendly of maximum category.
Xavi Hernández has insisted in that it wants to have Romeu before 19 July, when they will travel, and the sportive direction is moving to complete it. In fact, Pere Guardiola had confirmed it in his last intervention with the press: "it Does some 18 days already spoke with Mateu Alemany that it called me to know the situation of the footballer and have gone back to speak does a pair of days to remain próximamente and see us".
The Barça, slope of the formula for fichar to Romeu
The contacts that produce in the next days will be key. Have less than a week to close the traspaso and the efforts have to multiply, especially because the Girona no 'will give' to one of the key pieces of his staff because, between other things, have to find him a relief. The Barça follows deshojando the margarita to define the formula of the traspaso and there is several opcioness on the table to present him to the 'gironins' and try 'dribble' the clause of exit of eight million euros.
Between the alternatives of the culés is to present an offer of €4m fixed and other €4m in function of variables of easy fulfillment so that, in two years, the Girona ensure earn all the mount. Another option is to include to a footballer of the current staff, or of the filial, for abaratar costs. The names of Nico González or Estanis Pedrola are on the table, but will depend on the pretences of the ones of Montilivi.
