Arturo Vidal is now an FC Barcelona player. The signing of the Chilean central midfielder was completed incredibly quickly after Barça decided to abandon their pursuit of Adrien Rabiot and found an alternative in Vidal.
Arturo Vidal, who is 31 years old, will arrive at Barcelona in the next few hours to undergo a medical and sign a three-year contract. The Chilean is someone Ernesto Valverde asked for to replace the experience lost by Paulinho's sale to Chinese club Guangzhou.
The midfielder was born on the 22nd May 1987 in Santiago, Chile. After beginning his career with Colo Colo he arrived in Europe in 2007 when he joined Bayer Leverkusen. After four seasons with the German club, he then signed for Juventus. Vidal played 171 matches for the Italian giants and scored 48 goals. He also won four Serie A titles in his time with the Old Lady.
In 2015 Vidal moved to Bayern Munich to replace the outgoing Bastian Schweinsteiger. In four seasons with Bayern he played in 132 matches and scored 22 goals. He'll join Barça after they agreed to pay €18m up front plus €3m in variables to the German club. The player will earn €9m per season at the Camp Nou.
Arturo Vidal will add much needed experience to this Barcelona team. He's got the required muscle and know how in the centre of the park as well. All of which are attributes that Valverde specifically asked the sporting department to provide him with.
Vidal becomes Barcelona's fourth signing this summer following the arrivals of Lenglet, Arthur and Malcom.
Spl3ndid
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This dude is very aggressive, was very hostile toward barca when we meet Bayern in champions league who could have ever thought we'd own him one day, I just pray he doesn't fight any one in the club...good signing thou.
Puuadeim
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I can't understand some guys. we lost Iniesta-34 and Paulinho-31. we get only one old, Vidal. who are the old players. Vidal is more better than Paulinho. Good signing & we come to be better 4real.
Blitz92
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Great signing, also a killer deal 20 million for a world class player in today's market is like a free transfer, he can easily play at the top level for next 3 years and also any given day Vidal is a far better player than Rabiot, Paulinho, De Jong. I'm very happy with this signing coz experience matters, we already got Arthur for future and Vidal is experienced and a world class player. Looksike Barcelona and Real Madrid are back into smart buys rather than spending huge on a single player, football is not always about money.
hamza_chounaki
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Why are so many fans unhappy with this great signing? Vidal is a world class box-to-box midfielder who can do anything.. shoot, defend, header, pass, pressure, you name it. Barca have been lacking a strong physical player like him for a long time and now they finally have him, Vidal is aggressive he can intimidate the opposition and can pressure them, imagine him and Busquets together.. 2 strong defensive players like them nobody is getting past that. I think this is a great signing
Turadu7
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this is a very good signing because Vidal is very experienced and can be used for his muscles in physical games. more over, he is a fighter and I wish him all the best at Barcelona. visca El Barça
Puuadeim
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great singing. we'll trash everyone this season. we look like more strong than last year. welcome Vidal, just perform as u used to do, as well as we know you. you'll help Barca a lot!!
Barca4lifetillidie
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Remember what he said about Messi, well there the saying “ make your enemy your best friend” I don’t like him but hey I’ll have live with it. Most likely he will be bench just saying