Thomas Vermaelen is expected to start tomorrows Premier Reserve League fixture against Manchester United, Young Guns can confirm. The Belgian has been missing since September, when he suffered Achilles tendon damage and needed surgery.
Vermaelen returned to training around a month ago, where was initially working on his own with fitness coach Tony Colbert. However, the 25-year-old has made rapid progress, and rejoined the first-team group a week and a half ago. Arsenal are planning a series of ‘behind closed doors’ friendlies, as the United clash is the final Reserve league game of the campaign.
Thomas is expected to make his first-team come back in the closing stages of the season, should he suffer no set backs.
Might want to clarify the headline a bit! Pretty sure there is another Man Utd game on the radar.
Great news…he’s been missing for far too long. Hopefully his recovery will be complete with a return to the first team!
Good news you are welcome vermealen i can’t wait to see you play i hope you enjoy your game tomorrow and come out with a win, i am looking forward to see a first team return.
hahaha yeah i got confused a bit as to which game till i read the article!! but great news!
Wow, Jamie, we all thought it was the other game. Nice to see him back though.*deletes Facebook update telling Mancs to prepare for verminator*
No need to clarify headline. Pretty obvious he wouldn’t come straight in to the first, especially now that we’re really only playing for pride. Good to see him back, hopefully he can finish the season unscathed.
playin for a bit more than pride – top 3 place still to be secured
Ha. Such a click tease! If he only he was fit for the real game…
The headline had me suckered.
It’s great news regardless, although the headline is certainly misleading! Stoked for the player though.
Everybody knows I don’t write about the first-team, so why would you think it was misleading?
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What about the people coming from news now and similar sites? Got my hopes up!
If you all follow younggunsblog you will know the posts are not concerning first team news and i believe the reserve game is before the first team game which being fans you should already have known!
Not at all misleading Jamie !
Has Wenger said that he will be like a new signing yet?
No. Give him a chance. :)
Ha!
Regardless of what you write about, people will first think of the 1st teams game against man u and not the second strings game.
Lets hope Thomas makes a full recovery, he has been missed sorely at times
I thought you meant the game this Sunday. Nevermind
I think we all did.. With the Man Utd league game coming up I was sure when i clicked on the link it would be the first team
How on earth is it misleading? This website is specifically for youth and reserve members of the Arsenal team, so why would anyone think this article would be any different?
Kinda figured it was the reserve game really, it was never gonna be sundays fixture
Well considering Vermaelan is a senior team player and he’s not young then it may be a little misleading, but good news alright.
How could anyone think the headline ‘ Vermalen starts against Man Utd ‘ is misleading ? He’s close to full fitness and our season is more or less over so iy would just be good experience against Rooney and Giggs ….o oh sorry its the reserves .
:)
God have we missed the Verminator in the worst way this season. Seems like we always have that injury that leaves a big hole in the line-up every year, whether it’s Vermaelen this year, Cesc at key points last year, Robin for at least half of any given season…
We not only missed his defensive contribution but also his attacking ability and his passing.
Komaan Thomas! (Dutch for: Come on Thomas)
Now we just need the commanding Tony Adams Beckenbauer hybrid as his partner and someone who can teach us how to defend set pieces.
I saw this and in no-way thought it was about the first team United fixture. It’s a site for young arsenal players for crying out loud.
Jamie is just becoming a pro journalist. Misleading headlines are what its all about lol. I am sure it was not intended so no big deal. Can’t wait to get Vermaelen back.
we miss u big boy!.
Vermaelen is the true captain of Arsenal.
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Cahil to partner Verm next season pls. Van vommel and M’villa in midfield, Benzema to replace Bendtner. Then we are all set
You really think Wenger will go for all these, you need to come back to reality
benzema would be great for us, maybe in place of andrie. i personally think nic B has a role to play with the club still, a great squad player. then all he needs is scott parker. if arsenal are leading, playing parker and song together would help out our defense no ends. verma and djouro will be a great centre back pairing i think. sorry to spout first team stuff on your blog jamie boy. keep up the good work
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The match is live on MUTV,for those of us unlucky enough to not follow a successful team, does anyone know of any live streaming?
Did you hear Sergio Ramos is interested in joining Arsenal? Apparantly he was devastated after dropping the cup whilst on an open top bus and wants to make sure it never happens again!
Funny but not!
check my p2p sometime they show reserve and youth match
He is da cahill ur waiting wenger 2 sign. I know my coach very well. He has only 2 problems
1.make big Gamble lyk not bringing a replacement 4 verm5
2. 2much faith in some silly playerz.
Keep da faith loss da game.