Juventus director Fabio Paratici has been talking about the swap deal involving Miralem Pjanic and Arthur and reckons the 30-year-old only wanted to go to Barcelona.
Paratici also revealed that Juventus had been tracking Arthur for some time and are thrilled to have finally landed the Brazil international.
“Pjanic is a very important player for us, so when the option emerged, we spoke to Miralem and he said he was happy here, so the only club he would’ve left us for was Barcelona,” he said.
“We found this player Arthur, who we had been tracking for a long time, and who is younger than Pjanic.