BARCELONA – Arthur Melo returned to Barcelona on Sunday night after undergoing a medical check-up in Turin with Juventus doctors and this Monday he already trained with his teammates from Barcelona, ready to end the season and “totally” discarded and as information from Italy hinted, considering not playing again at Barça, a source close to the player assured ESPN Deportes.
Absent from training on Sunday, with the club’s permission, the Brazilian gathered his teammates on Monday, before starting the preparatory session before the game against Atlético, to detail in first person, once his transfer was confirmed, the details of that departure so painful.
Refuse to play? “It is false. Totally. Arthur is a professional and if it is for him he will end the season normally,” said this source, acknowledging that the midfielder has had a few “very difficult” weeks on a personal level and that he has felt “mistreated” for no reason “by the club.
“They have pushed him to leave. And it is not, for him, a question of money. When he signed for Barça the last thing he did was talk about money, it was a matter of pride for him to reach a club that he admired and in which Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho or Neymar had played. And he still does not understand everything that has happened, “he added, realizing that Arthur” is being signed for his football conditions … And now they want (Setien) to change them. It has no logic ” .
The player, already aware that his departure was inevitable, welcomed Setién’s statements regarding not meeting the expectations created in very bad taste. “He is not the first or the last player to sign with great hopes and expectations and in the end they do not bear fruit for whatever reason,” said the coach in the press room, who discovered that in recent months he has wanted to change his soccer personality.
“There have been things that we have had to emphasize. It is not easy to change a player things that other coaches have told him were very good. He has lacked a bit of continuity,” said the coach, in a speech that felt fatal. to Arthur.
“They will know what they are doing. If it is a sports decision it is difficult to understand, if everything is an economic issue …” the same source solved, stressing that the Brazilian midfielder has already made up his mind and recovered his spirits. Once you have been clear about the final situation.
Arthur will continue in the Barça discipline until the end of August, as agreed between Barça and Juventus because, among other things, he could not play with the Italian team in the Champions League after UEFA, after the last meeting of its Executive Committee , announced that they will only be able to line up footballers with a chip at the club on February 3.
In addition, the Brazilian can be a fundamental piece in the game that Barça plays against Napoli on August 8 or 9, corresponding to the round of 16 round of the maximum competition, attending to the safe losses of Sergio Busquets and Arturo Vidal , both sanctioned.
“He came to Barça as champion of the Libertadores with Gremio and his maximum illusion would be to leave Barça as champion of the Champions” sentenced this close person, remembering that in all history very few players have achieved both trophies.
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