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Atletico to beat Barcelona to Arthur Vermeeren

Atletico Madrid are reportedly set to win the race for highly-rated Antwerp midfielder Arthur Vermeeren.

Barcelona have been heavily linked with the youngster, but it seems that he will now head to La Liga rivals Atletico instead.

Transfer guru Fabrizio Romano says a fee of 22 million euros (plus add-ons) has been agreed and he could fly out to Spain to conclude the deal later this week.

u26aaufe0f Atlético Madrid have reached verbal agreement with Antwerp to sign Belgian top talent Arthur Vermeeren!

After initial €15m package offered as revealed last week…

…bid in excess of €25m sent today.