Via our pals at Sport Witness comes news that the Catalan press are once more vexed with Arsenal over financial matters. Still fuming over the fact they paid £15m for Alex Song and £13m for Alex Hleb (amongst others), a clause in the contract of Thomas Vermaelen means that if Barcelona win the Champions League, they'll owe the Gunners another 4m. These ‘extras' are par for the course in most deals these days, clauses that require additional payments after a certain number of appearances or based on the success of the new club, but this one could be triggered without the former skipper making a single appearance for his new club. He's been sidelined all season with a serious...
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