Romeu, who is in Colombia with the Spain Under-20 side, will now have talks with Stamford Bridge officials about an expected \u00a34.5 million move to London.<\/p>\nHe is thought to be highly regarded within the Catalan club and last season made two appearances for them, one in the Super Cup and once as a substitute in a Spanish Primera Division game.<\/p>\n
His signing will help Chelsea cope with the loss of Michael Essien who is expected to miss a large chunk of the season with a knee injury.<\/p>\n
The 19-year-old is another of the club’s teenage targets; goalkeeper Thibault Courtois has already signed from Genk, and a bid has allegedly been made for Anderlecht striker Romelu Lukaku.<\/p>\n
Romeu recovered from knee ligament damage, which kept him out action for four months last season, to become a regular in the Barcelona B side.<\/p>\n
Chelsea’s interest in the player, who can also play as a central defender, comes after another one of their other supposed targets, Barcelona’s Thiago Alcantara, signed a new deal at the club to keep him there until 2015.<\/p>\n
Romeu has not yet agreed personal terms or passed a medical, and Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas reflected this whern announcing in Bangkok – where Chelsea’s first-team squad are currently on tour – that the two clubs had agreed a fee.<\/p>\n
“I don’t want to speak too much about him because he is not our player,” Villas-Boas told the club’s official website.<\/p>\n
“It is a part of the squad in which we are struggling with numbers because of Michael Essien’s injury and Oriol is a player with a bright future. He still has to evolve as a player.<\/p>\n
“The Barcelona B team had a magnificent year in the Spanish second division, they finished third. Oriol had an injury during the season but he came back late on and was in time to play for the first team. So he is one of the most promising young players in that position and hopefully we can agree personal terms and hopefully he will pass a medical.”<\/p>\n
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