Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen is situated to seal a £10m move to Barcelona this mid year – on the grounds that The Gunners would prefer not to offer the Belgium defender to Premier League rivals Manchester United.
The Spanish giant are quick to fortify their guarding choices in front of the new La Liga season, and were accepted to be venturing up their enthusiasm toward Vermaelen in the wake of seeing a £34m offer for their number one target, Paris Saint-Germain’s Marquinhos, rejected.
Manchester United were additionally thought to be focusing on Vermaelen – who is out of agreement one year from now – with Louis van Gaal looking to fortify the club’s alternatives in barrier.
In any case, The Mirror have now guaranteed that Barca have won the race for the 28-year-old’s signature on the grounds that Arsenal would prefer not to help fortify one of their residential adversaries by consenting to offer the player to United.
Vermaelen joined Arsenal in the late spring of 2009 from Dutch monsters Ajax and has scored 13 objectives for the Emirates Stadium outfit amid th
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