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[Image] Vermaelen Snapped With Puyol Amid Barca Move Rumours

Here’s a picture of Arsenal’s Thomas Vermaelen and Carles Puyol enjoying a night out at a restaurant in Ibiza amid rumours Barca are interested in the defender

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Here we have a picture taken from the Daily Mail of Thomas Vermaelen and Barcelona defender Carles Puyol at a restaurant in Ibiza.

On the face of it, it’s innocent enough, right? Well, unfortunately the image appeared on the very morning that Barcelona were linked with a move for the Arsenal vice-captain.

The Mirror, amongst others, reported today that Barca have short-listed the Belgian centre back as a potential summer signing after their move for AC Milan defender Thiago Silva hit a dead end, and should a move for Athletic Bilbao’s Javi Martinez also fail, they could move for the Arsenal stopper.

In a world when ‘tapping up’ is no longer an art under-taken in the secrecy of hotels by agents, seeing a Barca stalwart like Puyol talking with one of your best players amid rumours of interest from the club is never easy viewing.

However, i personally don’t think this picture is anything other than two footballers bumping into each other at a popular holiday resort. TV5 wont be going anywhere this summer, and the player has said as much recently, but we can’t stop the rumours circulating and a picture of Vermaelen enjoying a cosy night out with the Barca man only adds fuel to the fire I’m afraid.

Do you think Arsenal fans have anything to worry about after seeing this picture? Get involved in the comments section.

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