Chelsea signing Oriol Romeu is looking forward to establishing himself at Stamford Bridge, but left the door open for a return to Barcelona.
Romeu, currently on international duty with Spain at the Under-20 World Cup, completed his switch to English Premier League club Chelsea on Thursday.
The 19-year-old midfielder made just one first team appearance for La Liga champions Barca, against Deportivo La Coruna in May.
He signed a four-year deal with Chelsea, but with buy-back clauses inserted in the contract, leaving Barca the option of bringing him back to the Camp Nou if they see fit.
“You never know what could happen in the future, I will always support Barca and I hope someday I can return there,” Romeu said.
“But right now, what I want is to succeed at Chelsea and be fine there.”
“I always said that my first option was Barcelona, but … an opportunity like this comes, and a coach wants to bet on you, so you have to take it.”
“I think I could not let this one go.”
“This is a great club, with players of an enormous quality and a coach of a very high level. What I want is to keep improving as a footballer there.”
“Everything that can happen to me there will be for the best.”
Speaking to the press at the FIFA youth tournament in Colombia, Romeu claimed his immediate focus was on Spain’s challenge for the title.
They are set to tackle Australia in their final match of Group C on Saturday, aiming to finish top with a maximum of nine points.
“The two clubs had been talking about this subject for weeks and all I wanted was it to be over as quickly as possible so I could be focused here (the U20 World Cup), which is what interests me right now,” he said.
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