Felipe Melo

[Craig_H]

The Brazilian holding midfielder that Arsenal were apparently in for, but then lost out on because he signed a new deal with Fiorentina.

Well, a couple of days after agreeing his new contract with Fiorentina, he signed for Juventus.

How weird.

[BobTheCharmer]

The Brazilian holding midfielder that Arsenal were apparently in for, but then lost out on because he signed a new deal with Fiorentina.

Well, a couple of days after agreeing his new contract with Fiorentina, he signed for Juventus.

How weird.

this has been on the cards for weeks now. not that weird.

[Tee]

this has been on the cards for weeks now. not that weird.

Then why did he sign a new contract with Fiorentina? That is the weird bit.

[Craig_H]

Then why did he sign a new contract with Fiorentina? That is the weird bit.

Precisely. You sign a new 5 year contract and then literally 2 or 3 days later, you move to another club. That's hardly commonplace.

[JohnDoe]

Italian teams are nutters.

[BobTheCharmer]

Then why did he sign a new contract with Fiorentina? That is the weird bit.

Because they wanted to get a higher figure for him?

Perhaps he wanted to bank the signing on bonus?

It was weirder when news broke of this 2 weeks ago.