Another episode of the Arthur Melo case: a 'phantom injury'

To finals of the month of June, the FC Barcelona and the Juventus of Turín arrived to an agreement so that Miralem Pjanic became Barcelona footballer from the next season and so that Arthur Melo took the reverse way, becoming 'bianconero' in summer. Since, to the Brazilian midfield player has not played neither an alone minute with the team of Quique Setién.

Up to now, in some lists of summoned there was present state and in others was low by fault of a process of amigdalitis, but in no case had given a so odd situation like the current. This time, Arthur Melo was not included by Quique Setién in the list of summoned and there was not not even a medical communiqué of the FC Barcelona that explained such absence.

In a first moment, could arrive to think that Quique Setién had decided to dispense finally of Arthur Melo that this week has been news by his images yawning while his mates lost LaLiga Santander against Osasuna. Nevertheless, in press conference the Cantabrian technician was asked after the absence of the Brazilian and his answer was something garbled.

"Why it does not travel Arthur Melo if there is not medical communiqué?", they asked him to Quique Setién. "This morning it has come and it has said me that it bothered him an ankle. It is the only that I can say", answered, without extending more. A situation a so much odd that seems to be more derived of the mental state of the player that of something merely physicist like himself sucedió days backwards.

A distinct case to the of Miralem Pjanic

Since it formalised the agreement between the FC Barcelona and the Juventus to exchange to Arthur Melo and Miralem Pjanic, the Brazilian has not played neither an alone minute, but the bosnio has kept on being an indispensable footballer for Maurizio Sarri. Party to party, the Balkan keeps on being to title, being key to face the straight final of season so much in the Series To as in the Champions League.

The image of professionalism that projects Miralem Pjanic is very far of which offers Arthur Melo with images like the one of the yawn against Osasuna or the one of his absence in the announcement of today. Without medical communiqué and by the explanations of Quique Setién, seems more a disconnection of the own mediocentro that a notable physical problem.