Thomas Vermaelen, fichado: the Belgian head office already is in Barcelona

Thomas Vermaelen will incorporate to the discipline of the Barça for the next 5 seasons. Waiting for the official announcement, the signing is a fact. The price of the Belgian head office is of 15 million euros, more 4 variables -the English club would earn 4 millions more if the FC Barcelona proclaims twice winner of the League of Champions while the defence was in the staff-, in total, some 19 million euros. Vermaelen, of 28 years, finlaizaba 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.

The central of the Arsenal will arrive this Saturday in the morning in Barcelona. After landing in the Catalan capital will happen the usual medical review to do afterwards the also traditional photo beside the Barcelona shield situated in the offices of the club. The official signature of the agreement between the FC Barcelona and Thomas Vermaelen and his back presentation is foreseen, in principle, for the Sunday.

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?

Captain of the Arsenal and polyvalent left-handed head office that also can play in the left band, to his 28 years finalised agreement his current club in 2015, by what his exit of the Arsenal to ship in a new European adventure was more than sung. His relation with Arsène Wenger worsened in this last season, in which it lost leadership in the central axis of the saga to the detriment of the couple formed by Koscielny and Mertesacker.

The Barça, therefore, fixed in Thomas Vermaelen to reinforce the feeblest position of the Barcelona staff, the one of head office, and do besides with the services of a polyvalent defence, swift and with sufficient quality as to take out without problems the balloon played. The Arsenal it fichó in 2009 pertinent of the Ajax and now would have accepted a reasonable offer, of 15 4 million euros, to give off of the Belgian head office. The alternatives to Vermaelen were Daley Blind and Daniel Agger, but the FC Barcelona always trusted his signing if the "Operation Marquinhos" did not work.

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.