Southampton's former Premier League veteran Oriol Romeu is on the brink of hitting the free agent pool, something he has never tasted all along.
Southampton fans had minimal grudges with Paulo Gazzaniga's efforts when he was emerging at St. Mary's but nowadays, the keeper seems to be falling from grace everywhere. Personally, he couldn't have asked for a worse day to start the season's work.
Collectively, Gazzaniga had the standout flop show in a Girona side filled with last season's strugglers. And know what stings being an underachiever? They get scarcer and fewer transfer takers with each passing hour.
Veteran Southampton midfielder Oriol Romeu shares the same complaint as Gazzaniga, after all, the duo firsthand saw relative league results hit a halfway low. Only positive for Romeu is that he was far from his former employers and Gazzaniga's mess, with Barcelona's fans still being a familiar support for him.
Upon zooming out, Southampton fans will know that the La Liga outfit might be putting plans for Romeu's farewell and thus, will likely be complimenting him while they can.
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Citing a Sport report, Barca Universal conveyed these feelings in their own words: "Barcelona are expected to terminate Oriol Romeu's contract by paying part of the required financial compensation."
So, a free transfer could be on implying that Romeu will have a couple of weeks more to secure a new playing gig if he is unable to in the final eleven days of the month. I get it Saints, you will be excited for Romeu homecoming chants on this St. Mary's weekend but some fond chapters are better not to be explored once closed.
However, the Spanish ace might be changing a rigid theme across his first-team career, free transfers, because he has never gone club-less according to Transfermarkt.