The defensive midfielder, who will cover for the injured Michael Essien, is currently in Colombia with the Spain under-20 side and will now discuss personal terms with the Blues


Romeu, who is in Colombia with the Spain under-20 side, will now have talks with Stamford Bridge officials about an expected €5 million move to London.

The youngster is thought to be highly regarded with the Catalan club and last season made two appearances for them, one in the Super Cup and once as a substitute in La Liga.

His signing will help Chelsea cope with the loss of Michael Essien who is expected to miss a large proportion of the season with a knee injury.

The 19-year-old is just one of the club's teenage targets after goalkeeper Thibault Courtois signed from Genk and a bid has allegedly been made for Anderlecht striker Romelu Lukaku.

Having recovered from knee ligament damage which kept him out action for four months last season, Romeu became a regular in the Barcelona B side.

Chelsea's interest in Romeu, who can also play as a central defender, comes after another one of their supposed targets, Barcelona's Thiago Alcantara, signed a new deal at Camp Nou keep him with the European champions until 2015.

Good to see us going for lots of teenagers

no buy back options?


good for chelsea

Adit wrote:no buy back options?

I think there is a buy back clause.

There is a buy back clause.. but 8m is nothing in this market

Watch out in a few years in time, once his Barca DNA comes to light.

what happened is he too tall for barca

Sushi Master wrote:Watch out in a few years in time, once his Barca DNA comes to light.

Barca are smart this time though

Sushi Master wrote:Watch out in a few years in time, once his Barca DNA comes to light.

That would be interesting.. Abra is a no nonsense owner... but in any case... Chelsea might have a better case if they keep winning though.

Reminds me of Man Utd signing Pique.