Arthur Melo’s Liverpool career is just two weeks’ old. Having not played for Juventus since a substitute appearance in their Coppa Italia defeat to Inter Milan back in May, Jurgen Klopp has, despite a plethora of midfield injuries, understandably not rushed to throw the Brazilian into the heat of battle.
With the Reds’ Premier League outings against Wolverhampton Wanderers and Chelsea postponed following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the 26-year-old has totalled just 13 minutes of action since his deadline day loan move to Anfield. Making his debut as a late substitute in the 4-1 thrashing at the hands of Napoli, that maiden outing was sandwiched between unused substitute roles against Everton and Ajax.
While Liverpool possess an option to buy Arthur from Juventus for €37.5m at the end of his loan, two weeks is all it has taken for speculative reports in Italy to claim the Reds have already seen enough from the Brazilian to have no intention of exercising such a clause.
