As it has informed this Wednesday "The Gazzetta dello Sport", the FC Barcelona has achieved a preferential option for the signing of the central of the ACE Rome Kostas Manolas. Everything inside the operation between Barcelona and romanistas that finish with the cession of Thomas Vermaelen for the roman team without economic cost for the ones of the Series To.
An information that can take of surprise to the Barcelona fans but, seemingly, the club carried long following to this international Greek. The technical office of the club had reports very positive of his team of "scouting" on the defender, by what demanded in the operation of Vermaelen achieve this preferential option that would consist, in case that a club want to fichar to the central, in that the Barça would have the last word to the hour to equalise a hypothetical offer.
Kostas Manolas Is a polyvalent head office that can play also in the right-handed side and whose value in the market is of 25 million euros, according to Transfermarket. To his 25 years, Manolas fulfils his third season in the ACE Rome, to where arrived from the Olympiakos. Before it had played in the AEK Athens and in the Thrasyvoulos FC.
At present Manolas finds in full negotiations to renew his agreement with the picture capitolino. The safest is that it increase his belonging to the Rome until 2020 with a substantial rise of agreement and with the promise that the Barça could ficharle in the next market of signings. By his part the Rome remained with an option of purchase by Vermaelen by value of ten million euros.