They are still out at the current season, but then Arthur Melo (Barcelona) and Miralem Pjanic (Juventus) change clubs. In his official presentation, the second has something to explain right away.
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Arthur costs the Old Lady 72 million euros plus a maximum of 10 million euros bonuses. Barcelona pays 60 million euros plus 5 million euros bonuses for Pjanic. A deal that suits both clubs very well for the Financial Fair Play and therefore had to be completed before June 30.
The 23-year-old Brazilian was enthusiastically received by the Juventus supporters on social media, the 30-year-old Bosniak by the Blaugrana. They saw in Arthur a potential successor for club legend Xavi, but it was mainly an old quote from Pjanic that caused a lot of controversy in Catalonia.
“I am happy in Rome,” the then AS Roma player said to the Bosnian newspaper Oslobodjenje in 2013. “I don’t know yet if I’ll be leaving next summer. If you ask me what my favorite club is, I have to answer that I was a fan of Real Madrid as a child, with Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane. Real Madrid is my favorite club and it always will be. ”
Painful. The new addition of FC Barcelona has a heart for the great rival from Madrid. Pjanic will undoubtedly have to answer for this on his first press chat … On Twitter, he and FC Barcelona are already launching a charm offensive:
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