I was hoping Myrm 'd come up with something witty in response. Me disappoint.
Coming back to Oriol, his attributes seem better suited to the PL, as has been pointed out already.
As for the Busi comparisons. They 've their own individual strengths. While Busi is more skillful on the ball, better vision, passing range, superior positional awareness, Romeu, on the other hand is a better tackler, header, and mentally and physically stronger, not afraid to get in to challenges, and sports the look of a badass DM.
If he can improve his reading of the game and decision making, he's potentially a world class DM in the making.
Busi is shrewd in the manner in which he evades danger, draws fouls, reads the game. He offers a better platform for us to build our attacks. While Romeu is someone who confronts danger head-on and more sportsmanlike. Though i prefer a DM of Romeu's ilk, i recognise Busi is just more suited to our game.
Meta brought up Busi's CL final, but forgets that in his first season with the A team, he was rotating with Yaya and accumulating valuable mins before he took to the big stage, but for Romeu in a diff league/country and in his very initial months has been playing big games and to not look out of place, now that is commendable. The Valencia game (crucial CL decider for chelsea) was only his third start in the CL and the City game, again was his third start in the Premier League. The boy has cojones, and i for one am proud for how he's progressing..
There are Canteros like bojan...and there are Canteros like Romeu.
A nasty gash @4:19 but the boy got on like nothing happened. Now if that was Busi.
He played a CB for the 'B' and at lower levels too... If he develops the good positioning, as he is expected to, at Chelsea he would surely be able to play a CB for the main team too
We've great CB talents waiting on the wings, and you're advocating a DM to be played out of position.
Just like Busi is Pep's boy, Romeu has become AVB's boy. He's not coming back. It's best for all parties concerned. Chelsea 'll just put more cash on the table when/if the buy back clause is activated, and thats that.
