BARCELONA.
He FC Barcelona announced on Monday that it reached an agreement to the transfer of Brazilian midfielder Arthur Melo to Juventus for 72 million euros (80.98 million dollars) and the incorporation of the Bosnian Miralem Pjanic from the Serie A champion, in exchange for 60 million euros.
The 23-year-old South American player, known simply as Arthur, will remain at the Camp Nou until the end of the 2019/20 season, which has lasted until August due to the new coronavirus pandemic, before moving to Turin.
I thank for the great interest of @juventusfc for the integration to the society. I know I’m going to belong to a big club; many challenges await us to be overcome together with the bianconeri. pic.twitter.com/SN6ud64xie
— Arthur Melo (@arthurhromelo) June 29, 2020
The transfer helps Barça meet its goal of obtaining another € 70 million in player sales revenue by June 30, in accordance with the budget that the members of the club approved last October and that anticipated an income of 124 million euros for transfers.
Pjanic, 30 years old, He will also move to the Camp Nou at the end of the current campaign and will sign a four-year contract containing a 400 million euro termination clause., the Barça statement said, adding that his transfer included an additional five million variables.
– @miralem_pjanic: “I am very happy, I will give everything for this club. See you soon. Força Barça! ”
– #PjanicCuler pic.twitter.com/NHDIwomhWa— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) June 29, 2020
The Bosnian International Pjanic has been at Juve since 2016, after his previous stint with Roma and the French teams Olympique Lyonnais and Metz.
Arthur he joined Barça from the Porto Alegre Guild in Brazil in July 2018 and was initially hailed as the heir of the great Xavi Hernández, with Lionel Messi saying he was surprised by the player’s similarities with the former Barça captain.
However, despite its promising start, Arthur has only started 19 times in his first season with the club and 14 times this season. Coach Quique Setien said earlier this month that he had not met expectations.
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