I've fancied that one to happen since Vidic said he's leaving actually. Even moreso now van Gaal's there. Vermaelen only has a year left on his contract and I reckon we could see it as an opportunity to avoid losing him for free next summer. Ain't no way he's signing a new contract.
I could live with selling them another player, another captain no less! There's a chance it might reinvigorate him and then they'd be getting a good player, but if I'm honest I was wrong all along on Thomas; he was never that good a defender. Koscielny's a couple of levels above even Vermaelen's best. I'm hoping that sort of level is about the maximum United are able to recruit this summer. The likes of Alex Song, Kevin Strootman etc.