Arthur Melo, from debut to the top in just five years

It does just five years, debuted in the professional football Arthur Melo. It did it defending the T-shirt of the Grémio of Carry Cheerful, a 4 April 2015, only a polish after having arrived to the quarry of the Brazilian team. Luiz Felipe Scolari, his trainer in that period, bet by him like titling with hardly 18 years to measure to the Aimoré, in a party of the Championship Gaucho that his team finish losing by 2-1.

"It is incredible to imagine that it have happened five years from this day. All sucedió very fast. A day was playing in the categories of base and to the following week debuted like titling of Guild", admitted the own Arthur, in some statements conceded to Sportive World and published this same Saturday in reason of the fifth anniversary of his debut.

"I seat me prepared for any challenge"

This yes, Arthur recognised that it did not consecrate in the team until be 20 years old, happening two seasons from this first meeting against the Aimoré. "I established me like alone professional player two years after that debut. Renato Portaluppi gave me a sequence of opportunities and attained already the continuity. To do it still better, went champions of the Libertadores of America and was summoned for the national team of Brazil", commented.

The now midfield player of the FC Barcelona​ has clear that this period was key to forge like footballer and to have turned into what is now: an important player of one of the biggest clubs of the planet. "Looking to backwards, see the important that went for me follow all those steps", recognised, adding that "I seat me much more prepared for any challenge".

The Barça it fichó as 'heir' of Xavi

It is true that the comparisons are odiosas, and more when they are in front of one of the biggest players of all time. But the true is that Robert Fernández, previous technical secretary of the FC Barcelona, tied to the Brazilian by 31 million euros because it saw in him a very clear-cut style and of similar profile to the of a legend like Xavi Hernández, that had left the team did little.

Of course, the mythical ex captain does not have possible replacement, but in the research of a relief generacional appeared east Arthur, with a recognizable style that placed him inside the 'DNA Barça'. Almost two years after his signing and in spite of his irregularity by fault of the injuries, the Brazilian has turned into an important player and of the that expects a lot in the future.