OFFICIAL: The FC Barcelona index card to Thomas Vermaelen

After three summers of research, the FC Barcelona has closed finally the signing of two head offices this market estival. The Barça has done official the signing of Thomas Vermaelen, pertinent of the Arsenal, in return of 15 millions more four more in variables and in an agreement that engloba five seasons. The Belgian head office of 28 years has happened already a thorough medical review in Barcelona and will be presented this same Sunday 10 August in the Camp Nou.

With a big quantity of injuries in his legs along the last years, the Barça has wanted to ensure before doing official the signing that the player arrived to the Barcelona club in plenitud physical and without any important problem. Vermaelen Finalised agreement with the "gunners" in June of 2015 and already had decided that it did not want to renew with the team londinense. The negotiations have been complicated since the Manchester United also was interested in the player.

Vermaelen Will be the second reinforcement of Luis Enrique for the defensive saga -the first was Jeremy Mathieu-, closing definitively the plot of head offices of the staff and advancing of this way to Javier Mascherano to the centre of the field like acting of Sergio Busquets in the defensive pivote. After not being able to fichar to Marquinhos and descartar other alternatives like Hummels, Benatia, Mangala or Blind, the FC Barcelona has closed the signing of Thomas Vermaelen as I complement for the defensive saga. It will fit in the gear of the FC Barcelona?

Vermaelen Has been international with Belgium in 46 occasions and has not been able to shine in the World-wide of Brazil 2014 because of a small injury, but possesses sufficient experience as to resolve the defensive problems of the FC Barcelona together with Hammered, Mathieu and Bartra. It was key piece of Belgium in the phase of previous classification to the World-wide 2014 and, in addition to having capitaneado to the Arsenal, also followed suit in the Ajax during his last season in the Dutch picture. Perhaps they are missing him centimetres, but exceeds the 1'80 of height and has a big power of jump.

The aim of Thomas Vermaelen is to leave backwards the injuries in the FC Barcelona and try by all the means strengthen his physicist to lose the lower possible quantity of parties with the Barcelona T-shirt. The past course, however, was absent in 17 parties had to, first, to a fracture in the low part of the back that "Sport" ensures that it produced by stress of the player in the month of July of 2013. Already in January of 2014, suffered an injury of knee that kept him out of the terrains of game during two months.

In the season 2012-13, in any case, so only lost six parties, four of them by a sprain of ankle and two more by a feverish process. But in the previous courses the record of injuries continues being grave for the interests of the Barça. In the 2011-12, Vermaelen was operated of the sinew of Achilles and lost 11 meetings, whereas it suffered also a muscular distention that did him lose five appointments more. In the 2010-11, besides, remained 51 parties of drop by fault of the sinew of Achilles; in definite, almost all the season. We will see if the rosary of injuries brakes in his new stage like player of the FC Barcelona.