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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 20519463" data-attributes="member: 158020">Barcelona allow Vermaelen to attend Roma medical <img src="http://images.performgroup.com/di/library/omnisport/3c/b2/thomas-vermaelen-cropped_1qa4j52j552pz1ton1az8p8q23.jpg?t=1687715566&w=620&h=430" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Barcelona have confirmed that defender Thomas Vermaelen has been given permission to travel to Italy and undergo a medical with Roma.Roma coach Luciano Spalletti on Friday stated that the Serie A club are in advanced talks to sign the 30-year-old Belgium international. And Barca on Sunday posted a tweet announcing the former Arsenal player was set for a physical examination in the Italian capital. Vermaelen has struggled for playing time at Camp Nou since leaving the Gunners for a reported €20 million fee in 2014. A thigh injury meant he was unable to make his Barca debut until the final match of the 2014-15 LaLiga season against Deportivo La Coruna, and he only made 15 starts in all competitions last term. The arrival of France international Samuel Umtiti from Lyon in the off-season would have been likely to leave Vermaelen further down the pecking order in the battle for first-team places at the back for Luis Enrique's team.</blockquote>

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