Juventus have reached a £72.5m agreement with Barcelona for midfielder Arthur, claims Sky Sports.
The Old Lady have been pursuing Arthur for a number of months after identiying the Brazil international as the ideal fit for Maurizio Sarri's midfield.
Barcelona have made Arthur available for transfer as they desperately look to raise enough money to land their top transfer targets this summer.
The LaLiga giants are in financial turmoil following the Coronavirus pandemic but Arthur made it clear a number of weeks ago he wants to stay at Barcelona.
Juventus must now attempt to pursade the 23-year-old to leave Barcelona just two years after arriving at Camp Nou.
The £72.5m agreement coincidentally happens to be the fee required to trigger Lautaro Martinez's release clause.
Barcelona have been locked in talks with Inter to sign the Argentina international for weeks but have failed to persuade Inter to accept a lesser fee.
If Juventus manager to convince Arthur to join, then they will no only land their first-choice midfield target but also weaken a direct rival in Inter.
Barcelona are also interested in signing Miralem Pjanic from Juventus in a separate deal but are refusing to meet Juventus' £63.4m asking price.
The Spanish outfit do not feel the 30-year-old is worth anything close to Arthur, who a decade of top level football ahead of him.
Arthur was billed as a direct replacement for Sergio Busquets when he joined Barcelona from Gremio for but he has struggled to get going, not helped by fitness problems.
The Brazilian midfielder has only managed 13 league starts for Barcelona this season but does boast the best dribble success rate in LaLiga in 2019/20 (91.2%).
I hope this is fake news cos i dont like this flop artur melo!!! he is behinde Sergio Busquets in barce picking order so that says alot.After last transfer window midfield fiasco Juve dont need another overrated overpayed flop like artur!Miralem Pjanic is better then him anyday.