“At Southampton I feel highly valued”

Oriol Romeu (30 years old) is having a good season. It’s been a few since he joined Southampton in 2015. “I’m very happy,” he explains in an interview with MD. Fixed and indisputable, his leadership in the dressing room extends to the field. He goes the Premier League, “with an ideal climate to train” and because it has “a different culture and mentality”. “I have adapted very well, I feel at home and I enjoy football”. There are 245 games, plus the 33 for Chelsea. It is the best moment of him. “Physically yes. I endure matches at a very high intensity”. And that he suffered a broken ankle that made him go through the operating room. “It has held up well.”

The Southampton is your “dream” team. “Because of the years that I have been here, because of how they have treated me. I feel happy, loved, valued and more respected, where I have performed at my best level”. It ends in 2023. The renewal depends on how everything is, but “right now I want to continue”. He is a pillar, the captain. “I am motivated to contribute my experience to young people.” The Southampton is in the middle of the table with the goal “to be among the top 10”.

He comes from scoring a great goal against Norwich, “I don’t score many so it’s one of the ones I’ll remember the most,” he jokes. City or Liverpool champion? “The Liverpool he is the best. City will compete until the end.” Of Chelsea, with problems, he knows little. “They will find a buyer who will return them to normal.”

He was able to return to Barça but in the end it did not happen. “The Barça It is the most of the most”. The English league suits him. “I would like to return to Spain but I really like being here, perhaps within another facet within the club”. He has written a book, ‘The season of my life’, does not rule out going to Japan in the future and flees from social networks: “I do not use them”

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