Spanish outlet Sport say Barca boss Luis Enrique will
allow Vermaelen to leave the Nou Camp this summer - despite having already sanctioned the departure of Marc Bartra.
I keep hearing people saying that Campbell will
allow Vermaelen to move into the Defensive Midfield position.
Not exact matches
Every Arsenal fan was left bamboozled this summer when Arsene Wenger
allowed Thomas
Vermaelen to leave (and Carl Jenkinson to go out on loan) but failed to bring in adequate replacements.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger will
allow Thomas
Vermaelen to leave in the summer but only once he has brought in a central defensive addition to offer back - up to first choice pair Laurent Koscielny and Per Mertesacker.
Thomas
Vermaelen was
allowed to leave for Barcelona without Wenger signing any defensive cover, and going into the season with only two recognized center backs is just asking for trouble.
But, the protracted delay by the 33 - year - old in signing the contract gave rise to suspicions that Arteta would be following the curse of Fabregas, Van Persie and
Vermaelen who were
allowed to leave despite being the club captain..
So anyone who might think Wenger was mistaken to
allow the defender to leave because of our own defensive injury problems, at least we now know that
Vermaelen would not have been available anyway.
Thomas
Vermaelen will be
allowed to leave in the summer with the Belgian growing increasingly frustrated by the limited role he now occupies in a squad that he is still the captain of.
The team needs one more center half so that the medics can ease
Vermaelen back to health, while also giving Wenger the opportunity to rest Djourou and Koscielny more often and not
allowing the team to suffer for it.
Mertesacker &
Vermaelen were solid and weren't
allowing much space for the Stoke giant to produce anything prominent.