Fiorentina, Arthur ready to start again
Fiorentina, Arthur ready to start again
”After the phone call from Italiano I became 100 percent convinced that I made the right choice. Because of Fiorentina’s history, because of how they play and because there is the same hunger to win here as me.” Arthur Melo is ready to start again after a difficult season experienced with Liverpool due to an injury: in Florence, the Brazilian former Barcelona and Juventus midfielder aims to return to the spotlight by repaying the trust that has immediately conveyed the purple coach.
”From the physical and also psychological point of view I feel good,” Arthur added, ”I have a lot of desire to have a good season, I talked a lot with the coach and I want to learn from him.” The player arrived on an onerous loan with the right of redemption set at around 20 million euros.
Fiorentina today made official the purchase of Argentine midfielder with Italian passport Gino Infantino, class of 2003, formerly of Rosario Central, who had already been in Florence for a few days: the player cost three million plus a percentage on future resale and signed until 2028.
On the way is the unemployed Yerry Mina, 28-year-old Colombian defender ex-Barcelona (ready a two-year contract), and there remains strong interest in Croatian central Josip Sutalo for whom Dinamo Zagreb is asking no less than 20 million: Ajax is also on him. The alternative is Corinthias’ Brazilian Murillo, 21.
For the goal, the Polish Grabara of Copenhagen and Lucas Perri of Botafogo continue to be monitored. Meanwhile, the purple team will leave tomorrow for England to play in Newcastle the ‘Sela Cup’ against the local formation (Saturday) and Nice (Sunday): these are two new international engagements after the one lost 5-0 in Belgrade against Red Star. Important tests in anticipation of the play-offs (August 24-31) of the Conference League where Fiorentina is among the seeded teams waiting for the draw scheduled next Monday in Nyon.
