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Official : Arthur signed for Juventus

Juventus have officially announced the signing of Arthur Melo from Barcelona.


Although the Brazilian’s move to the Bianconeri has been confirmed, he will not be able to join the Italian club until the end of the current season.
Juventus have paid a total fee of 82 million euros for Arthur : 72m euros plus 10m euros in add-ons.


Arthur was brought to Barcelona in 2018 during Robert Fernandez ‘s spell as technical secretary, but after a promising debut campaign he failed
to build on that in his second year at the Camp Nou.


Now, the 23-year-old will go from playing alongside Lionel Messi to playing with Cristiano Ronaldo

After Barcelona ‘s disappointing 2-2 draw away at Celta Vigo, Arthur travelled to Turin to close his move to Juventus . He passed his medical examination and the transfer was completed.


In reality, this is part of the deal that will also see Miralem Pjanic head to Barcelona , but the Bosnian’s move has not yet been announced.


This is being done in a way – prior to June 30 – so that the transaction can be in this year’s accounts, which was essential for Barcelona asthey look to balance their books.


The signing of Pjanic , who is seven years older than Arthur , will be announced at a later date, for which Barcelona are expected to pay back
some of the fee they have received for the Brazilian.


In principle, the idea is for Arthur to finish the season at Barcelona .
However, it has not been ruled out that some sort of deal could be reached that would see him not play the final part of the campaign in order
to avoid any risk in terms of injury.