he'd be probably better higher up the pitch, that's probably true, especially if we had someone behind him to do the damage control if arthur misplaces a pass every now and then. then again, the same applies for locatelli, who'd be better playing closer to the opposition goal, and who's probably our most confident passer if we play from the back (despite having slightly worse accuracy stats than arthur), and the last time i checked we had nobody besides them to play in front of the defense. there's gonna be a tradeoff here no matter what.