Thomas Vermaelen will be allowed to leave in the summer with the Belgian growing increasingly frustrated by the limited role he now occupies in a squad that he is still the captain of.
The former Ajax man started his Arsenal career brightly but for the past 18 months he has found himself as a back-up for either central defensive or left-back roles and the 28 year old will push to leave the north London club with a number of sides said to be keen on the experienced Gunners skipper.