Arthur: “Busquets is the best midfielder I’ve played with”

Arthur Melo He had not even approached the midfielder, when he signed on FC Barcelona in 2018, it looks like it will happen. chosen by Leo Messi As the “best signing” made by the Catalan club last summer, the Brazilian midfielder fell short of expectations during his time in European football, when he was dubbed “the new Xavi Hernández”. At 26, neither his subsequent spell at Juventus nor the one this season, on loan from the ‘vecchia signora’ he was serving at Liverpool, was up to the task. Speaking to purpose.com, the player that Gremio sold to Barça for 31 million euros chose the midfielder who impressed him the most in his career among those he played with. “Busquets. It has many qualities. He is a very intelligent person. He plays in a very special, complex place, where players appear from all sides, he has a lot of balls, he takes risks with Barça and in Spain, but Busquets is careful, he hardly loses the ball and follows perfectly ,” he listed.

Arthur spoke with “a lot of love” of his trip to Barça, making sure he still watches their games. “Of course I follow the Barça news. I’ve seen the games. Looks like he’s going to win the League. I have a lot of love for Barça. Above all, to the fans, who gave me everything. I have many good memories and I hope they become champions”, he stressed.

Despite the setback in his career, Arthur is proud to have played in three of the most powerful leagues in the world. “I had great luck playing in three strong leagues. Spain, Italy, England… I adapted very well to the League in its day, in a few months I adapted well,” he said. For this reason, the medium assured that he is excited to return to the Spanish League. “The League caught my attention and of course I will give myself the opportunity to return. The League is a championship that I already know, that I have adapted well to and for me and my style of play, the teams who plays attack is good for me, that’s my characteristics. If there is a team that bets on having the ball, that’s good for me”, he warned.

He even revealed that playing on loan at Valencia is an option for him. “We talked to him. Valencia. There we are thinking yes or no. I had to talk to Juventus to see if they would approve my transfer to Valencia or not. In the end, they signed another player. I talked to someone gattuso, someone I greatly admire and respect. In the end, the clubs did not end up going out of business, things happen in football. The negotiations did not come out and Liverpool came for me, they bet on me for something that I am very grateful to them, “he said. Despite this loan operation that includes a purchase option worth 37.5 million, will be returned of the Anfield club Arthur to Juve, with whom he has a contract until 2025, Arthur has played only one game in the Premier League.