The FC Barcelona is very near to do official the cession of the Belgian head office Thomas Vermaelen to the ACE Rome. Both clubs could have arrived already to an agreement that only would remain slope that the player happen the corresponding medical review. The Belgian defender already would find in the Italian capital, with permission of the club, to outline the last fringes of his arrival. Thus this Saturday Vermaelen travelled to London but did not dress of short in the defeat of the Barça in front of the Liverpool FC. With his exit would finish already at last one of the serials of the summer for the Barcelona team. The Catalan press already takes it for granted.
The one who was excompañero his in the Arsenal and current current goalkeeper of the club giallorosso Wojciech Szczesny affirmed, in statements to "Blunt TV", that "Vermaelen is a big player, but have not spoken a lot since it left the Arsenal. Have it here would be positive, is a good defender". The past Friday in the afternoon was the trainer of the ACE Rome, Luciano Spalletti, the one who affirmed in "Sky Sports" that the signing of the defender by the picture "giallorosso" was very near. Spalletti Affirmed that the operation is "very advanced".
"The Belgian is a player with experience and quality, knows to initiate the played from the defence and has an important personality. Sabatini (Sportive director of the roman group) is working for his signing and already is advanced, but now nose can say that the negotiations are enclosed", confirmed the trainer.
"Il correiro dello Sport" Was the another daily the one who informed this Thursday that the Barça pretended a traspaso with no conditions by Thomas Vermaelen, but finally both clubs would have pactado the formula of the cession of a year with option of compulsory purchase in case that the defender contest some number of parties.
The Rome would have offered 2 million euros by the cession more 8 millions more by the definite purchase, whereas the Barcelona group would ask 2 12, some figures to which probably do not arrive the Romans. "The Gazzetta Dello Sport" ensures that it is possible that arrive to an intermediate point and the agreement finish in 2 10 "kilos".