Kayode can stay, the other incoming operations are on stand-by, the stadium theme: the Tuesday editorial
Working for Arthur
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A meeting between Fiorentina and Juventus is scheduled for this evening to finalize the loan agreement for Brazilian midfielder Arthur Melo, which the Viola and Bianconeri managers have been discussing remotely for a few days. The general agreement is already there, the player gave his assent and spoke to the Italian coach, it is a question of putting all the details on paper. The main obstacle concerns the engagementFiorentina does not want to go beyond two and a half million euros as for all the other first tier players and Juventus will have to guarantee the remaining part of the Brazilian’s current salary, i.e. another three million or so. The loan should be free with the possibility of a definitive purchase and the amount for the redemption must be established, between fifteen and twenty million.
There’s optimism, the conversation between the coach and the player was an important motivator, but obviously when it comes to figures it’s never so automatic. Certainly Arthur is not part of Allegri’s plans and Juventus need to find accommodation that the player likes, just as surely the Bianconeri still owe Viola a substantial figure for the purchase of Vlahovic and it is easier to deal with a give-and-take future. Bottom line: is Arthur already purple? Currently not, but there are great possibilities and optimism on all sides. It should close between tonight and tomorrow. But what operation is it? The debate has already unleashed and obviously the usual suspects immediately took the opportunity to shoot shit… (Guccini docet), without knowing the player and without knowing what happened to him in the last three years.
Arthur arrived at Juve from Barcelona in an exchange with Pjanic and a monstrous valuation of seventy million, for will of Sarri who then, however, was torpedoed at the end of the season despite the Scudetto. I say this to underline that Italiano plays a football similar in principle to that of Sarri, but also to that of Barcelona where Arthur was hired to replace Xavi, so the technical characteristics are perfect. Arthur is a setter with great technique, he also knows how to defend by attacking the ball, must play in tight spaces and is at its best when frequently sought out by its companions. Obviously in counterattack football, played in long spaces by Allegri’s Juve, but also in the Liverpool game of recovery and restart in spaces, someone like Arthur made little sense. He’s played little in the last three years and that’s true, but it’s brief and he has no athletic problems and as a mentality he is one who fights and doesn’t give up, he certainly didn’t let himself go to Jovic, just to understand. He’s not very fast, but he needs to be around the team that moves off the ball to develop plots and become effective. He can be the new Torreira or the Jorginho that Sarri had in Naples, the low point of a three-man midfield, but with Mandragora protecting him and the Italian’s fluid football he can also stay in a duo line.
Wager? Risks? As in all players to enter. Even Torreira, two years ago, came from seasons on the sidelines at Arsenal and Atletico. What is not discussed is the quality of the player (twenty times Brazilian international) and the technical characteristics very suitable for Fiorentina football. I think he can raise the quality and personality of the whole team, as he asks for the new Italians and with his 27 years to go he still has a long career stretch to go. In the meantime, let him arrive, then we’ll see. In the hands of the Italian, the midfielder of the first Barcelona can return.
2023-07-17 22:00:41
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