Arrivederci Arturo: Vidal heads to Inter Milan
The player's agent met the club on Monday to seal the end of his time with the Catalans
Arturo Vidal is poised to join Inter Milan. His agent met Barcelona on Monday to seal the liquidation of his contract at Camp Nou. He is letting a 6.5 million euro fee go to sign on for two years with Antonio Conte's team, with one additional year optional.
Barca will get around 0.5 million for Vidal, a symbolic fee, like that Sevilla paid for Ivan Rakitic. There will also be variables - Rakitic cost 1.5m plus variables that could take the deal to 9m.
Once the player took the decision to leave, the debate focused on how much he would receive as a pay-off. Vidal trained alone yesterday in the gym, and also spoke to his team-mates, presumably saying goodbye.
He is ready to link up with his former Juve coach Antonio Conte. Inter are waiting with open arms. Serie A is the last league to start and Inter's season is further delayed after they played in the Europa League final.
