“He The value of returning to Barça is immense“, it states oriol romeupresented as soon as he landed on the tour of the Barcelona for the United States, and who has now given an interview to the club’s media. “The fact of being able to return to the club after so many years is an unbeatable opportunity, It comes to me at a great moment both physically and mentally and I’m looking forward to demonstrating it to be able to help the team”, he assures.
The midfielder assumes that “the physical part is important because of my style of play. I like to dominate the midfield area and, above all, notice that rivals when they pass by feel intimidated and uncomfortable”. He supports this declaration of intent in his desire to “recover balls and find offensive players quickly, but also at the same time, taking balls from behind, dominating possession, attacking in the opponent’s field…”. And he believes that coincide with the “characteristics of Xavi’s Barça and that’s why I think I can adapt very well and help the team”.
Romeu acknowledges that his season at the Girona “has allowed me I can take that big step that means so much to mewhich makes me so excited and that I face it as a magnificent challenge”, while estimating that Barça’s objectives this season go through “fight for all competitions and be a team with a clear identity who attacks rivals, who is dominant and aggressive and who has a very high ambition. With the squad that exists and the team that we are building and the way we want to play, We can’t think of anything other than winning it all”, sentence.
As he did in his presentation, he praised the Catalan player Sergio Busquetsof who says he can learn “practically everything” what he was doing on the field. His ability to bring calm and balance to the team is admirable. Also, the perseverance and high performance that he showed in all duels, I barely remember a bad match by Busquets”, he admits. And from ex-captain to captain, he pointed out that Sergi Roberto “he has earned the captaincy with all the seasons that he has brought to Can Barça”.
Romeu also praised another of the reinforcements, Ilkay Gundoganwhom he faced repeatedly in the Premier League, as footballers respectively from Southampton and Manchester City: “Gündoğan was very smartHe received very well between the lines and was always oriented towards the band where the space is, it was very difficult to stop him. I think it’s a great signingwill have immediate performance and will have a great year”.