da betway： It seems an odd choice in some respects, but apparently Slaven Bilic might be interested in Thomas Vermaelen.
da cassino online： Odd in as much as he is injury prone and approaching 31, which would normally be outside of West Ham’s recruitment criteria. What he does have is bags of experience at European level and internationally, which is probably why Bilic is looking at him.
After joining Barcelona from Arsenal in 2014 for £15m, the Belgian defender has played 21 times in a stuttering time at the Nou Camp. He is tipped to be leaving this summer in search of regular first team football and a few clubs have shown interest.
However, Barca want West Ham to make a quick offer amid reports of lower offers from elsewhere. The Hammers have made their interest known and said to be very serious, but there has been no further push to instigate negotiations. Barca want Vermaelen gone and are supposedly pushing West Ham for a decision.
A first season almost entirely written off through injury, the Belgian has at least recovered to provide some outstanding and confident displays at the heart of the Barcelona defence and also played well for his country during Euro 2016.
But not outstanding enough for those that matter at the Nou Camp it seems, as he is now being ushered quietly out of the exit door. After Marc Bartra’s sale to Borussia Dortmund, Vermaelen appears to be next.
It all seemed fairly straight forward until Liverpool got involved and then to complicate matters further, Arsenal might be interested in re-signing their former defender and now the player appears to favour North London over an East London or Merseyside move.
If Bilic wants his man – he’ll need to move fast.
West Ham are likely to be in the market for a new defender this summer after James Tomkins’ £10million move to Crystal Palace, and they could be willing to take a punt on the man who was so impressive for Arsenal before his move to Spain.
The 30-year-old is valued at around £10.2m and the Hammers have allegedly made their interest known to Barcelona and appeared favourites to sign him.
However, most Hammers fans would consider the 30-year-old as a bit of a step backwards. His age is against him when there are younger players that Bilic could bring in, but there’s no accounting for experience.
Vermaelen’s days at Barca are numbered with the arrival of former West Ham target, Samuel Umtiti and Lucas Digne in front of the ex-Arsenal man, so game time next year will be severely limited.
Nothing will be known until Barcelona return to pre-season training, but Wenger is said to be keen on bringing the former captain back to the Emirates, while West Ham are left to wait.
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