The answer of Arthur Melo after receiving praises of Xavi Hernández

Robert Fernández was the first in darse that in the Brazilian championship, in the rows of the Guild of Carry Cheerful, played a midfield player that, by his style of game, seemed to have bred in the Masia. It called Arthur Melo and, to finals of the past year, the technical office headed by the Valencian began to move for ficharle.

Finally, the agreement closed by 31 million euros and Arthur finish fulfilling his dream to dress the T-shirt of the FC Barcelona. From the first moment, the changing room of the Barcelona team hallucinated by the catalogue of technical resources that offered the young Brazilian footballer and little took in marvelling also to the fans.

When they began the official parties, did not have too many opportunities to play and his minutes arrived in dropper. Until it arrived the party of Champions League in front of the Tottenham Hotspur in Wembley and everything changed. Arthur had a performance magistral and, since, no longer disappeared of the alignments of Ernesto Valverde.

His style of game does that really it seem that it carries all the life playing in the FC Barcelona and are not few the occasions in which it has warned that his style remembers to the of Xavi Hernández. Even the own midfield player of Terrassa elogió to Arthur that, during the concentration with the Brazilian selection, answered.

"Receive praises of the one who am fan brings me a lot of confidence, but have to know lidiar with these praises. I can not leave that they go up me in command. I seat me appreciated for having to my family to orient me in the difficult hours, by what concerns me carry to all to Barcelona. It is a very drastic change", recognised the midfield player, that expects to shine also with the 'canarinha'.

Arthur and his progression

Seeing play at present to Arthur so much with the FC Barcelona as in Brazil, would be more than logical that Tite, among others Brazilian, throw of the pelos by not to have him summoned for the World-wide of Russia. To his 22 years, the mediocentro Barcelona is offering a very good performance, but still can grow more over time. It expects a lot of him.