The institutional relationship between FC Barcelona and the Juventus Turin It is excellent, which is why the conversations between both clubs are very fluid. In times of economic crisis due to the coronavirus, both sought to take advantage of this good relationship to achieve exchanges of footballers that are profitable for the two institutions, which were already planning to give a twist to their squads.
This is how the barter that led to Miralem Pjanic FC Barcelona now Arthur Melo Juventus. Both Italians and Catalans needed to balance their balance sheet accounts before the end of the current financial year -end this Tuesday June 30- and the exchange of Bosnian for the Brazilian was the financial solution that best suited the sporting needs of both equipment.
Initially, the operation was to be closed with the payment of 70 million euros from Juventus to Barça for the transfer of Arthur and with the payment of another 60 ‘kilos’ from the Catalans to the Piedmontese by Pjanic. That is in practice it is an exchange of Pjanic plus 10 million euros for Arthur. However, there could be last minute changes.
According to the information published by the Sport newspaper, Juventus intends to make Arthur’s arrival cheaper to save himself the extra 10 million agreed in the agreement and would do so by transferring some young footballer from his Primavera team. In the beginning, the chosen one was going to be Pablo Moreno, but finally he decided to go to Manchester City.
Thus, the previously mentioned media outlet speaks of four names as possible alternatives to definitively close the negotiations: the extreme Marco Olivieri, the midfielder Nicolo Fagioli, The front Hanza Rafia or the right side Wesley. This media outlet points to the latter as the top favorite to enter into the agreement, although it has Mino Raiola as its representative.
From Sciglio, still in the air
On the other hand, FC Barcelona still would not have completely ruled out the signing of Mattia De Sciglio, although it does not seem that he will finally enter the operation of Pjanic and Arthur. The Italian would be contemplated in case they left Nélson Semedo, Sergi Roberto The Junior Firpo, so Barça has not completely closed the door on arrival.
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