THOUGHTS ON THOMAS VERMAELEN

REPORTS SUGGEST CAPTAIN THOMAS VERMAELEN IS ON THE MOVE IN SUMMER.

A lot has been said about Thomas Vermaelen living Arsenal in the summer as he searches for first team football due to the fact that he lost his place to Luarent Koscielny who has been formidable since taking over from the captain.
To be honest with you I do not know what befell Vermaelen since he took over the captains armband from Van Persie when the latter left for Man united, Vermaelen used to be our best defender and he signed a new contract when we were really in the bad times, the outstanding players were in an exodus looking for silverware away from the club so with such loyalty to the club the manager made him the assistant captain and later when the captain left he took over but since taking over the man lost shape, he became error prone, shaky, no forward runs he used to do and the strong left-foot shot which he used to score trademark strikes for us was no where to be seen.

Some gooners suggested that may be the responsibility made him lose what he was before but that may not be an issue to such a mature player who has even captained his nation until Vincent Kompany came in, unlike Ramsey at wales, Vermaelen was made captain at a mature age and was the vice so he used to put it on once in a while when the captain was out.


Vermaelen may leave Arsenal in search for first team football.

When Koscielny took over form him he never looked back and has been so influential in out quest for the highly coveted top four putting an icing on the cake by scoring the ninja-like strike at Newcastle to ensure that we get the best out off a dead season.

As reports suggest that Arsene Wenger is considering a move for Ashley Williams the Swansea captain then that means if Vermaelen doesn't fight hard he may lose the captaincy and become a fourth choice at center back which might be embarrassing to him.
With the world cup looming he may try to consider moving on to play his football else where with Man United and Barcelona being named as his potential destinations, that shows you that he still has the quality if such big clubs are interested in him but at Arsenal things don't seem to be good for him due to the outstanding performance of Per Martesacker and Laurent Koscielny which no manager can just dismantle their partnership to bring in another player but it has to be because of merit.


REPORTS: Arsene is interested in Williams who may send Vermaelen to 4th choice at Arsenal.

As Arsene Wenger urged him to stay and fight for his place I borrow his idea, Vermaelen should stay work hard put himself together and gets back to where he belongs not to just run away. We may need him any time and a player of his quality should not just be left to go by the club but keep him and maintain the depth in the squad as we all know anything can happen during the long season but its also very hard to keep a player of his stature with alot of experience and skills without playing football so the final decision is with himself and his advisors.

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