Sanllehí Returns to Barcelona with good news on Vermaelen

"MD" informed this past Thursday of a fleeting trip of the director of the area of football, Raül Sanllehí, to London to board direct negotiations with the Arsenal by the signing of Thomas Vermaelen. Well, the Catalan newspaper ensures now that the director culé has returned with very good news of England when having materialised a formal proposal of 12,6 million euros to the Arsenal and have transmitted to the own player and his representative the big interest of the Barcelona club in turning into him a reinforcement of luxury for the defensive saga of the FC Barcelona, forming possibly couple title with Gerard Hammered when having to compete with Bartra and Mathieu.

The information desvelada by "MD", however, would have woken up to the Manchester United, that could have gone up the offer by the Belgian head office until the 20 million euros. In favour of the FC Barcelona plays the fact that the Arsenal, as it signalled the own Arsène Wenger in press conference, wishes traspasar to the player to a foreign club to avoid reinforce of this way to one of his big rivals in the Premier League, the Carling Cup and the FA Cup. The increase in offers it "network devil", nevertheless, would have put up the price of to the footballer and could force to the Barça to pay around 15 millions.

To his 28 years, Vermaelen has turned into the big aim of Luis Enrique for apuntalar the defence after have not been able to achieve the arrival of Marquinhos. In the FC Barcelona trust to close soon the operation, and if finally this no cuajase would promote the alternatives of Daley Blind and Daniel Agger, those who also have still possibilities of recalar in the team culé.

Blind, the alternative to Vermaelen?

In some controversial statements conceded to the portal "Heldenonline" and collected by the newspaper "Sport", Richard Witschge has gone back to seed the rumorología around a possible signing of Daley Blind by FC Barcelona or Manchester United, the two clubs for which more had sounded in the last weeks. "I think that Daley Blind will go prompt, have this feeling", remarked the trainer of the inferior categories of the Ajax, the one who besides revealed that "Blind is training by his account" from does already several days because of a traspaso imminent.