But what does “Arthur at his best” even look like?
98% passing accuracy, 95% those are short passes at the middle of the pitch, 5-6 good forward passes, zero assists, occasional key passes, 1-2 tackles and interceptions here and there, can't be tackled or pressed into errors, fouled often, but tired after 60-70 minutes tops
an arthur like that would improve our possession quite a bit, and we could put much more pressure on our opponents if we wouldn't have to defend that much. honestly, i'd be fine with that. the fitness part is disappointing, but he never was a 90 min player since he moved to europe, so i gave up the hope of arthur playing 90 minutes regularly. with 5 subs, it's all right. the other disappointing part is the costs, for 22m per season he's still way, way too expensive, but that's something we can't really do anything about it unless he signs an extension.