The Five Captains Arsenal Have Sold In The Past Nine Years Including Thomas Vermaelen And Manchester United Ace

Thomas Vermaelen, 2014

Finally it is the third and final name on the list that Barca have snapped up, with critics accusing the Gunners of acting like a feeder club to the Catalans at times.

However, for the past year Vermaelen has found it difficult to even break into the starting XI due to the form of Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny and now the leadership has been passed to Mikel Arteta.

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