Spanish football club Barcelona announced, on Wednesday, that it had re-signed former academy player Oriol Romeo from Girona, as the midfielder signed a three-year contract.
Romeo came through Barcelona’s youth academy and made his first-team debut in 2010 before moving to Chelsea a year later. Reuters reported that the 31-year-old had also spent loan spells at Valencia and Stuttgart before spending seven years at Southampton.
He spent a year at Girona where he was a decisive figure as he spent more than 3,000 minutes to steer them to 10th place before returning to Barcelona, with 20-year-old midfielder Pablo Toure moving the other way on loan.
“Romeo has a lot of experience and knows the club from his previous period as a Blaugrana player and the style of play Xavi Hernandez wants to influence his team,” Barcelona said in a statement.
“The midfielder has shown what he can do in LaLiga and he will be looking to perform right from the start.”
The club inserted a €400 million ($449.12 million) buy-out clause into his contract.
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