Liverpool had been allegedly eager on securing the providers of one other Juventus loanee in now Chelsea man Denis Zakaria previous to transferring for Arthur Melo.
This replace comes courtesy of Calciomercato (by way of Sport Witness), with the publication asserting that it’s unclear whether or not the reported lack of economic settlement was between the participant and membership or the Reds and Juventus.
The Merseysiders ended up agreeing a season-long mortgage for the previous of the 2 choices, which incorporates an option-to-buy price £32.3m (payable over two seasons) for the 26-year-old.
Ought to the Brazilian show to be price each penny, it will appear to be one hell of a discount for us to snap up a technical midfielder near reaching his prime for less than £16m initially earlier than his potential second season at Anfield.
There’s an opportunity, after all, that the previous Blaugrana man will verify some followers’ suspicions that he’s simply merely ‘one other physique’ secured to bolster our dwindling midfield choices.
That’s a particularly harsh evaluation of our new addition earlier than he’s even kicked a ball within the well-known crimson shirt and he might but show to be a surprising, underrated piece of enterprise from a recruitment crew that has nicely and really earnt its stripes all through the Klopp period.
