Forgotten Barcelona star to be included in pre-season squad | OneFootball

A long-forgotten member of the midfield ranks at La Liga champions Barcelona is as things stand set to link back up with Hansi Flick’s squad for pre-season.

That’s according to Diario Sport, who point towards Oriol Romeu as the player in question.

Midfielder Romeu for his part spent this past season plying his trade with Girona, on a temporary basis away from parent club Barcelona.

And the 33-year-old went on to endure something of a hit-and-miss time of things back at the Estadi Montilivi, racking up starts in just shy of half of Girona’s La Liga fixtures.

His performances across these outings didn’t prove sufficient to convince the board at the Estadi Montilivi of the merits of forking out a fee for Romeu’s signature, though, culminating in his official return to Barcelona earlier this month.

And if the latest word stemming from the media is anything to go by, then the Spaniard appears to be short on suitors with a view to next season, too.

As per a report from Sport:

‘The player from Ulldecona has no offers on the table. Barça are supposed to offer him a contract termination, but, unless it is resolved in the next few weeks, the player will be there at the start of (pre-season) training.’

Conor Laird – GSFN