Thomas Vermaelen signed for
Barcelona in August this year from Arsenal and this move raised a few of
eyebrows, not for the ability of the player but because the player was
struggling with and injury when hi signed the papers and the club doctors where
against it.
Supposedly he had the all clear to play in September, but now entering the mid-way of November the Belgian has still to play a match in his new team.
It’s difficult to understand why a club
that needs all his player fit and ready to play will risk to sign with a player
that hasn’t been the full 90 minutes in the pitch in over a year. Even worse when
Barcelona will not be able to sign another player until January 2016 when the
ban will end.
The first and only time that we saw Vermaelen with the new colors was in a friendly match of Barcelona B against the U19 Indonesian team.
The situation is starting also to
annoy Luis Enrique, when at a press conference he said to the reporters that
his situation is the same and there is no news.
Probably this is the best time for
the player to break into the side, with Gerar Pique not enjoying the best form
of his career, and the Belgian will most likely be welcomed alongside Marc
Bartra, Jeremy Mathieu or Javier Mascherano offering power at the back.
He will also solve one of the most
notable problems in the current Barcelona squad, aerial presence, something
that needs to be solved despite the acquisition of two six-foot players.
Anyway, Vermaelen is still some
weeks away from the first match with Barcelona and this should be a concern to
anyone that was behind the deal, with a €19 million transfer fee that seems
small on today’s standards but difficult to overcome with the current state of the
player.
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