Thomas Vermaelen has not had a happy time at Barcelona.
Former Arsenal centre back Thomas Vermaelen has not had a happy time of things since swapping the Emirates Stadium for Barcelona this summer, to the extend that the Belgian international had been linked with a January return to the Premier League and either the Gunners or Manchester United in recent days.
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Any move for Vermaelen looks to be dead in the water, however, with Marca reporting that he is set to undergo surgery on a hamstring injury that will rule him out for the rest of the season.
With both United and Arsenal scrambling around for defensive reinforcements after their wafe thin back lines were exposed in the first half of the season, it would appear that they are going to have to look elsewhere.
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