Barcelona's Thomas Vermaelen attends a news conference at the Joan Gamper training camp, near Barcelona, Spain, November 3, 2015. (REUTERS)
Barcelona defender Thomas Vermaelen has travelled to Italy to undergo a medical with AS Roma, the Spanish champions confirmed on Sunday.
The Belgium international, who featured for the national side as they reached the quarter-finals of Euro 2016, joined Barcelona from Arsenal in 2014.
The 30-year-old centre back's time in Spain has been beset by injuries but he still featured in Barcelona's title-winning campaigns of 2015 and 2016.
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