Despite the Spanish reports of a deal involving Nelson Semedo, Sky Sport Italia insist Miralem Pjanic will only join Barcelona if Arthur Melo goes to Juventus.
Spanish newspaper Sport claimed this afternoon that the Bianconeri had agreed to hand over Pjanic, plus Mattia De Sciglio and €25m cash in exchange for Semedo.
Not only are the figures improbable, but multiple Italian reports point out Juve are not particularly interested in Semedo either.
Sky Sport Italia transfer expert Gianluca Di Marzio said this evening that the only Barcelona player Juventus are prepared to accept in exchange for Pjanic is Arthur.
That seems unlikely, as the Brazilian has repeatedly announced his intention to stay at Camp Nou and won’t listen to any other offers.
Pjanic is still on the market, with Manchester United – Paul Pogba – and Paris Saint-Germain – Leandro Paredes – proposing exchange deals of their own for the Bosnian.
The Bianconeri value Pjanic at around €30-40m, so would not use him plus De Sciglio and €25m cash for Semedo.
Rashnic/GOAT/CR7
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Semedo for Pjanic + Sciglio + €22M, Barca fans be like: Nice deal😎 Later, Pjanic and Arthur swap deal, Barca fans: No way!
Alexwalker
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😂Barcelona board is confused :why should barca board be thinking of swapping Author Melo.. Talented Young and future player barca have... There re some players in a team that re untouchable.. Barcelona as a club have many old players so if any swap deals are to be done... Barca should look at the age mates of the player they want to swap... Leave Author Melo out of any swap deal please.
Mosanya
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Barcelona board members seem to be confused. How on earth will player like Arthur be allowed to leave the club when he has the quality of Xavi in him that needs to be nurtured by a good coach. They have lost that mentality of grooming young players which is affecting the club style of play, if this deal happens it would be one of the biggest transfer mistakes in football and mind you, we have made some big mistakes recently, hope this news is fake, and Barca keeps Arthur.