It started wrong, it went wrong, and the only way it will end is wrong. If you have forgotten that Arthur Melo exists, you are forgiven. After all, the Brazilian completely disappeared off the radar when he moved on loan from Juventus to Liverpool last year. It came as a surprise to nobody when his agent confirmed that Liverpool won’t trigger the option to buy the midfielder.The Brazilian made the move to Anfield on the final day of the last year’s transfer window as Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp searched for a replacement for Jordan Henderson. It was a hasty arrangement because the captain picked up a hamstring injury in the 2-1 win over Newcastle the night before the transfer deadline.##NAJAVA_MECA_7118248##However, Arthur has only made one appearance for the Reds’ first team since – a totally forgettable 13-minute cameo in the 4-1 Champions League loss to Napoli in September. He had to undergo surgery to rectify a thigh issue, which left the midfielder sidelined from October to February. By the day he returned to training, it was already clear that the 26-year-old had no future at Anfield.Melo’s agent Federico Pastorello confirmed that Liverpool wouldn’t pay $40 million for his client.”He was unlucky. He arrived on the last day of the transfer market, he paid off for the season where he played little at Juventus, he was integrating and had a boring injury so he had to operate. It was three months of injury, he was on his second bench. I hope he can at least give his contribution. I think he’ll come back from loan, and then we’ll see what to do.”Here is Arthur Melo with the U21 after a long injury, he wins a challenge and in microseconds, he notices Harvey Blair’s run and puts a diagonal through pass for him who dribbles to the final 1/3 and assists Ben Doak. pic.twitter.com/p0OvZ2T5tK— Fåb (@redfxb) March 17, 2023 Anfield officials are eyeing deals for the likes of Matheus Nunes, Mason Mount and Jude Bellingham ahead of the next season, so Arthur has a better chance of forcing his way back into the Juventus side – or leaving to join a third club.In the meantime, Melo features sporadically for Liverpool’s U21 side and was named as a substitute for Klopp’s abysmal loss in Bournemouth.
