Vermeeren, from Barça's agenda for the midfielder to total ostracism at Atletico

Arthur Vermeeren, the big perla that had the Royal Antwerp in his staff before measuring to the FC Barcelona in the phase of groups of the Champions League 2023/24 was one of the young talents that precisely the Barcelona group valued for his pivote. But finally it could not be for Xavi Hernández, being advancing by an Athletic of Madrid that decided to pay 22 million euros, delivering him besides to the youngster an agreement until 2030, although up to now his arrival has been anecdótica.

The footballer of 19 years arrived to the capital of Spain in the wintry market with the aim to do a gap in the staff, further to have a period of adaptation, but seems that it has not happened neither a thing neither the another. The mediocentro has not had almost opportunities and in almost five months passed only has been able to go in in three parties with the Madrilenian group.

Vermeeren And a signing that up to now seems to have not worked

To weigh that the international with Belgium already knew the intensity of the elite by his big phase of groups in the Champions League, being even the MVP of the meeting in the victory 3-2 on the Barça, does not seem that it was sufficient for Simeone. From his arrival to the club colchonero his football, and especially his presence on the field, has gone diluting little by little, accumulating only 83 minutes with the Athletic.

This figure, which have reviewed a pair of times to avoid be falling in some error, contrasts a lot of with the more than 2.800 minutes that Vermeeren already had contested in the first-half of the season in his country, surpassing even the 30 meetings on the lawn. The striking situation has carried to that even the press question to Simeone in this regard, the one who has wanted to limit to the fact of his adaptation to a new league and culture.

"It is trying to learn the language, involving with his mates, with the changing room. All the way will carry him, of to little, to have minutes when we created it timely" affirmed the Cholo does several weeks, the one who in full fight by the fourth square with the Athletic Club does not seem that it go to begin to trust the youngster. Besides, some informations have aiming that it exists a dissatisfaction of the technician with the Athletic, and no with the player, because they did not bring him to the footballer experienced that asked, something that many thought when it announced the signing of official way.