{"id":338287,"date":"2011-03-25T16:05:52","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T16:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/25\/thomas-vermaelen-focused-on-pre-season\/"},"modified":"2011-03-25T16:05:52","modified_gmt":"2011-03-25T16:05:52","slug":"thomas-vermaelen-focused-on-pre-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/25\/thomas-vermaelen-focused-on-pre-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Vermaelen Focused On Pre-Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen is hoping to get a full pre-season behind him in order to find his ‘rhythm’ next season.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old centre-back has not played since September after picking up an Achilles injury during Belgium’s Euro 2012 qualifier with Turkey.<\/p>\n

Vermaelen was initially excepted to only miss a few weeks but had to undergo surgery in January and has had a recent return put back.<\/p>\n

Manager Arsene Wenger has ruled him out for the remainder of the campaign and the cultured defender is now hoping to fine tune his fitness over the summer.<\/p>\n

“The chances that I will play another game this season are small,” he told Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws.<\/p>\n

“I can understand my manager when he says that my season is over. I have been out for seven months and I must fulfil a complete ‘pre-season’, so it’s logical that he won’t take risks.<\/p>\n

“Time is ticking away and the season finishes in two months. I must first get fit again, then gain rhythm.<\/p>\n

“So I’ve still a long way to go. I can kick a ball as hard as possible, but that’s not my problem. I need to run without pain.”<\/p>\n

He added: “After surgery, you soon become impatient. I’m a player they have to slow down – that’s my problem. I felt a little pain, but I had something in my head: I’ll cope with it.<\/p>\n

“That’s wasn’t too smart: you can’t beat nature. After a few weeks I personally indicated that I had to slow down. It didn’t feel that comfortable, as it feels these days.<\/p>\n

“I always thought I would be out for six weeks after the surgery. That was what I was told.<\/p>\n

“So I never could anticipate this long absence. Maybe I would have preferred that I knew from the start.”<\/p>\n

Vermaelen has thanked his team-mates at the Emirates for helping him through what has been a tough time.<\/p>\n

“I wanted to stay in the dressing room during my rehabilitation to be with my team-mates,” he remarked.<\/p>\n

“I had so much support from my friend Robin van Persie for example. Robin is a very helpful guy. He has experience with long injuries and often gave me good advice.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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