One of the stood out of the party of Glass of the King in front of the Celtic of Vigo went back to be Thomas Vermaelen. In front of the Celtic of Vigo, the Belgian head office went back to show his excellent moment of form. Vermaelen Showed solid and intelligent, leaving see that, in spite of that it is not a portento physical, his anticipation and tactical perception do him be an important player and a lider for the Barcelona saga. Ernesto Valverde has done renacer to the Belgian, that lives a second youth.
And it is that sometimes, the life gives turns and second opportunities that anybody wait. Thomas Vermaelen carried with foot and half out of the FC Barcelona practically from the end of the first season that contested with the Barça, in which so only could participate in a party by the injuries.
The physical problems prevented him surrender with the group culé and, the past season, neither had too much luck in the Rome owing to the injuries once again, the big hándicap of his career. However, Valverde took the decision to remain it like fourth head office this season in the Barça, and the injuries of Umtiti and Mascherano have allowed him go back to feel footballer.
The 'Txingurri' has received with Vermaelen a gift of Kings anticipated, without need to resort to the market of signings of winter. Vermaelen, with the one who hardly explained , has achieved to leave backwards his physical problems to assume the place of Samuel Umtiti, surprising to all and sundry with a performance sensacional on the lawn.
Always criticised
Thomas Vermaelen always has been in the eye of the hurricane. Andoni Zubizarreta Pronounced the famous sentence that there were not doubts on the "physical answer" of the Belgian and announced that it treated of a "signing of immediate performance" in summer of 2014. The injuries did not respect him and did not have the necessary continuity to triumph in the Camp Nou. Now, already it has consecrated and it is turning into the big 'covered' of the team.