Five summer transfer rumours that have no chance of happening

Thomas Vermaelen to Barcelona

Why the rumours - “The Verminator”, as he was fondly called by the Gooners now, is not even a certainty in Arsenal‘s starting line-up. A season ago, he was Arsenal’s club captain, but now he is languishing in the bench. Vermaelen’s talents are unquestionable, but his performances have been sub-par. Barcelona, on the other hand, are out of defenders. They have been forced to play Song and Mascherano in central defense. Given Barcelona and Arsenal’s amicability in earlier transfers, Vermaelen’s transfer to Nou Camp sounds reasonable.

Why it will not happen – Arsenal fans would be tired of seeing their players donning Barcelona shirts by now. Their management can’t risk alienating its fans by selling another player to Barcelona. Moreover, Vermaelen has not expressed any interest in a transfer. Wenger wouldn’t take a drastic measure of selling a player just because he had one bad season. So, it is likely that Vermaelen will stay with Arsenal this year.