"Atletico Madrid have agreed with Antwerp to sign midfielder Arthur Vermeer, journalist Fabrizio Romano reports on social media site X. Earlier, Barcelona were reportedly interested in the 19-year-old.
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According to the source, this week Madrid had to increase their initial offer of €15 million to €25 million. This option was acceptable to the Belgian club's management. The parties are currently working on signing the documents in order to register the deal in January.