It is official. FC Barcelona announced on Monday the transfer of Arthur to Juventus. After several months of negotiations, the Catalan team has confirmed that the Brazilian midfielder, who at first refused to change his air, has ended up agreeing at the insistence of both clubs. Italians will pay 72 million euros fixed plus another 10 in variable concepts.
The still Barca player traveled this weekend to Turin to pass the medical examination, although the minutes he played against Celta de Vigo in Balaídos they might not be the last ones that the goiano plays with the azulgrana t-shirt. Arthur will finish LaLiga and the Champions League with Barça and will not play for Juventus until next September, when Series A of 2020-21 begins.
In the end, there have been two factors that have weighed on Arthur’s ‘yes’ to the ‘bianconero’ team. The first has been the economic one, since taking advantage of the advantageous Italian treasury, it will triple its annual salary raising it to approximately approximately 7 million euros; the second was sports, since the Juventus coach, Maurizio Sarri, claimed him as one of the center pieces of his new sports project.
On paper, the sale of Arthur to Juventus will provide liquidity to FC Barcelona in order to balance its balances towards the end of this financial year, which ends on June 30. In practice, it is a joint operation that will include the transfer of Miralem Pjanic to Barça and that will include compensation for the Catalans, since the market value of the Brazilian is higher than that of the Bosnian.
Despite the great competition that Arthur would have encountered if he had stayed at the Camp Nou, The operation appears to be more of a financial strategy to save the accounts than a sports move to bolster the team. The culés come off a 23-year-old footballer with an ascending progression to bring in another 30, of great quality and experience but with less travel due to his seniority.
Arthur has not finished taking off at Barça
Arthur Melo will go to Juventus after having played two seasons at Camp Nou. The Brazilian arrived from Grémio with the ‘new Xavi’ sign and it had hopeful beginnings as Barça, but its constant injuries and irregular performance caused their progression to stagnate. In Turin, she hopes to be able to show all the talent she treasures and that she finally failed to bring out with sufficient continuity at Can Barça.
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