Hands up out there how many Arsenal fans are sick to the back teeth of Arsenal selling their best players to their direct Premier League rivals. That’s everyone then, yeah? So Arsene Wenger and the club must draw a line under it now and refuse to sanction the sale of Thomas Vermaelen to Man City.
The current Arsenal captain may not fall into that best player category, because the Belgian has found it impossible to break the pairing of Koscielny and Mertesacker, but he is still a top class defender and would certainly strengthen City’s slightly shaky defence.
Metro reports that Manuel Pellegrini has identified the Arsenal man as the ideal player to partner Kompany at the back and we must not let it happen. Arsenal do not have to sell the Verminator because he has a good few years left on his contract, so Wenger must tell him he cannot join a rival.
If Vermaelen is so determined to leave the Gunners to get more playing time, he can go anywhere he wants except England. Anyway, knowing City they will probably buy three of the world’s most expensive defenders in the world and Vermaelen will still end up on the bench.
I would love it if our captain changes his mind and decides to stick with Arsenal, but it seems unlikely. The next best thing is to make sure he is not playing against us in the Premier League next season.
