Thomas Vermaelen house hunting in Barcelona after £15m move from Arsenal

Manchester United look like they could have done with a defender like Thomas Vermaelen - instead, he was house hunting in Barcelona. Vermaelen, who signed for Barca for £15million earlier in the summer despite interest from Louis van Gaal at Old Trafford, was looking for somewhere to live with his British-born girlfriend, TV presenter Polly Parsons. When he arrived at the Nou Camp, the Belgium defender said: 'This is one of the biggest clubs in the world so it was not a difficult decision to make. Everyone wants to play here and I’m not an exception.'