Man Utd transfer blow: 'Agreement' reached for 'golden boy' as Ratcliffe's 'mega-money swoop' fails
Manchester United-linked Antwerp wonderkid Arthur Vermeeren is closing in on a slide to Atletico Madrid, according to Fabrizio Romano.
Vermeeren possesses trapped the eye via his effectiveness in Belgium and the Champions League this term, appreciably scoring and being obtained in touch with individual of the match in a 3-2 win over Barcelona in December.
The 18-year-ratty possesses been linked via a host of pinnacle nightclubs severely Europe and he is not brief of suitors in the Premier League.
Tottenham, Medley and Manchester United are all supposed to be astounded but it is the Red Satanic pressures that have been the the majority of boldy linked, via one report claiming brand-contemporary vendor Sir Jim Ratcliffe is decoction a ‘vast-coinage swoop’.
It aesthetic allures favor Erik 10 Hag is strategy to miss out on the signing of Vermeeren after La Liga giants Atletico Madrid solicited to an covenant via Antwerp.
On Tuesday, Romano disclosed that the Belgian side presumptive a proposal well worth ‘in oversupplies of €25million’ after scorning a ‘€15m strategy’ last week.
Romano is yet to say ‘here we go’ via talks over user stipulation ongoing.
He lent another modernize on Wednesday early morning, writing on X: ‘Atletico Madrid are prepping formal documents for Arthur Vermeeren offer after the covenant via Antwerp on €22m fee plus encompass-ons.
‘Atleti will in addition talk again to Arthur and his camp today in ordinance to settle user stipulation covenant and make utilization of the offer guarded.’
This have to be a considerable stroke of wizard for Diego Simeone’s side, that are landing a true ‘golden boy, as per a Nacional report last Could.
That report asserted Vermeeren would distinctly expense severely €10m, which emphasises how remarkable he possesses been this project.
Barcelona are another side astounded in signing the highly-rated young adult – that possesses been contrasted to Xavi and Iniesta. Not a poor comparison, that.
Chatting before Antwerp’s Champions League match at the Nou Camp in September, manager Mark van Bommel asserted he would distinctly not talk to Barca pinnacle dogs Xavi about the young midfielder as “he would distinctly purchase him rapidly”.
“Whether Xavi possesses queried for some precisions on Arthur Vermeeren? I won’t provide him any precisions, because he would distinctly purchase him rapidly,” Van Bommel joked.
He added: “I won the Champions League there and I dabbled via Xavi in the midfield. That was fun. I still have some call via the strategy individual. It possesses been 15 years ago so a lot possesses switched over of course.”
