Vermaelen .. lived its crisis to work in silence and returned to prove himself again

Vermaelen .. lived its crisis to work in silence and returned to prove himself again

The return of the player Belgian Thomas Vermaelen to the ranks of the Barcelona team champion of the Spanish league and Champions League football, good news received by Luis Enrique, especially after the criticism received by the Catalan club last season after a contract with the Belgian defender, suffers, and Vermaelen proved himself the beginning of this season and the granting of 3 valuable points in the last game in front of Malacca.

He lived Vermaelen plight because of problems physical and despite all the criticism he has received, preferred to stay away from all that was said about him and began to work with humility like what he has done since his young age, the Belgian learn the advantages of his father, which he saw when he was a child and is repairing pipes and taps from sunrise to sunset.

Vermaelen has grown at a modest environment, the fact that his father "plumber" in a positive impact on his personality as yet is still considered his father a role model for him, for his part, the father set up his own company in Belgium did not want to live from his son revenues.

The newspaper "Sport" in its Thursday edition a report personal Vermaelen reveal, Belgian defender since his young age, a shy and had dreamed when he was a child to become a goalkeeper, his life away from the noise changed at the age of 15 when he received a call from the Dutch club Ajax, who was Rebekah then plays club Germinal Ekeren Belgian.

Move towards the Netherlands was difficult for Thomas, I miss his family, but he knew that such an opportunity does not compensate, was not the only resistance with silence and achieve his dream of becoming a professional player, and his family not know what he was suffering Vermaelen then as preferred not to show his ordeal, which philosophy kept them so far, so despite suffering from serious injuries never complain.

He became Vermaelen bid to take the Ajax until he came into the first team, came his debut with Ronald Koeman as coach who was his example as a player, has raised its properties in good concentration, strength, and his ability to bring out the ball from the back Like Koeman, which give him a chance to play in the first team for Ajax on February 15, 2004 in a match against a team Volendam.

But Vermaelen received a painful blow after the sacking of Koeman from his post after only 10 days of waging for the first match with the first team, and there may have been problems between Koeman and sporting director at the time Louis van Gaal raised after exclusion European at the hands of French club Auxerre, making Van Gaal takes the reins the team until the end of the season, and in winter Il Mercato Vermaelen gone on loan to Dutch club RKC Waalwijk Search play constantly.

In the following season, Vermaelen returned to Ajax has starred under the supervision of coach Danny Blind, and became a key element in the team with coaches who have passed after the blind, such as Ten Cate and Adrie Koster, Van Basten and thou Shipp, to receive in 2010 a connection from Arsenal, Aghannrz put on the table 15 million euros, and was able Wenger of his abduction, despite the great anger that swept the new Ajax coach Martin Jol at the time.

And conducted the newspaper "Sport" dialogue with Ignace Mikel and who grew up in younger Arsenal categories currently playing in the team SD Ponferradina Spanish second division, and was considered the Belgian reference to him, and say with him: "He was shy and quiet, does not talk much, but at the same time friendly very respectable, in the ground floor was transformed into someone else and become aggressive. "

Vermaelen is the quality of people who prefer to work in silence and humility, and with these principles, managed to get out of their plight, and has been struggling even in summer recess in order to reach the preparatory season in the best physical condition, and also devoted his spare time to his hobbies of playing golf or biking, and proved In the first matches with Barcelona that he could be an important player in the team.