Another Neymar’s “parce” in the area? The midfielder Arthur Melo28, currently in Juventus of Italy, is the ball of the time to reinforce the Santos. According to journalist Fabrizio Romano, specializing in the transfer market, Peixe is in advanced conversations to have the former Grêmio player for the season.
According to the Italian reporter, Arthur wants to play with Neymar. The midfielder would be another player among the stars that Neymar would be trying to convince him to play with him at Santos. The list also has Pogba, Sergio Ramos, Goose, Thiago Silva and other names.
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🚨⚪️⚫️ Understand Santos are in advanced talks to sign Arthur Melo on loan deal from Juventus.
The agreement for former Liverpool midfielder would also include a buy option clause.
Arthur, open to joining Santos with Neymar coming too 👀🇧🇷
– Fabrizio Romano (@fabrizioromano)
Business model between Arthur and Santos
According to Romano, Peixe tries a loan from Arthur Melo with Juventus – the Italian club would be willing to pay part of the salaries. The agreement would include a purchase option clause whose value was not revealed.
Arthur Melo’s salary
Arthur’s salary in Juventus is 833 thousand euros per month (nearly R $ 5.1 millionAt the current price) according to June 2020 publications, when the midfielder changed Barcelona for the Italian club.
Arthur in Santos goes beyond Neymar
Since it was sold by Grêmio to Barcelona in mid -2018, Arthur’s career has not unleashed. The midfielder had a good presence in the first season in Spain (44 games played in 2018/2019), but lost space on Monday.
In the middle of 2020, he was involved in an exchange for Pjanic between Barcelona and Juventus. At Juve, he also had two season without prominence until he was loaned by Liverpool, where he was a season and played a game for the professional team.
He went to Fiorentina, a club where he found his football again, but without space again at Juventus, Arthur sees in Santos an opportunity to resume his career and, perhaps, Back to the Brazilian team.
Arthur career for clubs
| Season | Club | Games | Goals | Assist. |
| 2024/25 | Juventus | 0 | – | – |
| 2023/24 | Fiorentina (E – Juventus) | 48 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022/23 | Liverpool (E-Juventus) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | Juventus | 31 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020/21 | Juventus | 32 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019/20 | Barcelona | 28 | 4 | 4 |
| 2018/19 | Barcelona | 44 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | Guild | 18 | 4 | 2 |
| 2017 | Guild | 50 | 2 | 2 |
Arthur for the Brazilian National Team
- Games: 22
- Goals: 1
- Last game: Bolivia 0 x Brazil – Qualifiers, 03/20/2022
“Neymar Effect” weighs on hiring
In addition to Arthur and other stars, Neymar’s simple arrival has an effect on other negotiations that Santos had been playing.
The negotiations with the Zé Rafael e Ronfrom Palmeiras, and Gabriel VerónFrom Porto, they all seem to have advanced after the star’s return to the village became a concrete possibility.
Saints hiring for 2025
- Neymar: Craque is back in Santos after terminating contract with Al-Hilal, from Saudi Arabia. The official announcement has not yet happened, but the club president, Marcelo Teixeira, anticipated and published a “welcome” to the player on his personal networks.
- Pedro Caixinha: Portuguese coach signed until December 2026.
- Luisão: 21 -year -old defender, who was in Novorizontino, signed a contract until December 2028.
- Zé Ivaldo: 27 -year -old defender was loaned by Cruzeiro until December this year.
- Leo Godoy: 29-year-old Argentine right-back was loaned by Athletico-PR until December this year.
- Thaciano: 29 -year -old was bought from Bahia for R $ 32 million. Contract until December 2028.
- Barreal: Argentine midfielder loan was hit with FC Cincinnati. Player acted for Cruzeiro in 2024.
- Tiquinho Soares: 33 -year -old striker arrives as part of business that took defender Jair to Botafogo. Contract until December 2026.
Players who had returned from loan
- Soteldo: Grêmio did not exercise the right of purchase. With that, striker returned to Santos.
- Morelos: Colombian center forward is loaned to Atletico Nacional by the end of the year. You can return to Santos.
- Lucas Braga: The striker returns after loan to Shimizu Pulse from Japan.
- Lucas Barbosa: The striker returned from the youth loan and was negotiated with Red Bull Bragantino.
