Guild speaks of a new contact with the Barça by Arthur

It does some days, the Catalan press gave already by done the imminent arrival of Arthur Melo to the FC Barcelona in the next days, turning into the first reinforcement of the season 2018-19 for the group culé. It said that the Barcelona team had pactada the arrival of the Brazilian for January of 2019, but that would have delegated in André Cury so that it negotiated with Guild his exit this same summer, because of the course of Iniesta.

Well, now from Guild of Carry Cheerful, the club of Arthur, ensure that it remains still a pending conversation with the FC Barcelona to know if Arthur Melo will finish dressing or no the Barcelona T-shirt in the next months.

"If it has to go out, it will be with a new conversation with the Barcelona", has explained the director of football of Guild, André Zanotta, in statements collected by 'MD'. "What is foreseen in the agreement is that have from 1 July until the day 15 to exert this option of purchase of Arthur", has signalled, remarking that "from the next week, the subject will continue".

In any case, in Guild value seriously the possibility that the FC Barcelona exert the option of purchase and Arthur become of the group culé this same summer. "The people knows that it is a possibility that exists", has recognised.

By this reason, Guild has braked the negotiations of traspaso of Jailson course to the Saints, since it does not want to lose to Arthur Melo and to Jailson the same summer. "By prudence took out to Jailson, existed a negotiation, but did not arrive to an agreement. We have not had more conversations (with the Saints). If they want to restart the contacts, can do ", has puntualizado.

Arthur, signing very likely of the FC Barcelona

The most likely, in definite, is that Arthur Melo finish fichando by the FC Barcelona this same summer. Like this it will be able to complete all the pre-season with the first team and will favour his fast adaptation to the new environment and to the style of Barcelona game, that expects that it go him like ring to the finger by his technical and tactical conditions.

With Arthur, the Barcelona will do with the first of the two reinforcements that would plan for the medullary, since would be looking for also to another midfield player of European cut, like Eriksen, Golovin or Frenkie Of Jong.

The aim would be to cover the absences of Andrés Iniesta, André Gomes and the injury of Aleñá until the month of January, and besides allow that Coutinho have freedom to play in positions more advanced, of extreme, now that it knows that Griezmann no fichará by the Barcelona.