Arsenal to get £3m from Barcelona if they win Champions League

Arsenal are to receive the sum of £3million  from Barcelona if they win they win the Champions League as part of the deal that took Thomas Vermaelen to Catalonia.

The defender has not played a competitive game for the Catalans since his summer move from Arsenal last summer but the London club will still be paid if Barcelona defeat Juventus in the UCL final in Berlin.

The contract of the purchase of Varmaelen included a clause that will make Arsenal entitled to that sum if they win the UCL.