Barcelona: Miralem Pjanic was unveiled as the Barcelona player on Tuesday (September 15) nearly a month after he was tested positive for COVID-19 which delayed his arrival at Nou Camp. The Bosnian was signed by the Catalan giants in June when he was playing for Serie A champions Juventus. The deal saw Arthur Melo shift base to Juventus.
Speaking to media, “Today is a very special day for me and I’m very happy. I can’t wait to meet my new team-mates and I’m really looking forward to the new season. I hope I can help the team to win a lot of titles. I’m ready and I’m going to try to do everything I can for this club.”
Juventus’ season came to an end when they were knocked out of Champians League by Lyon. Since then the player was on a vacation and then he tested positive for the deadly virus and was subsequently home quarantined.
Pjanic will wear the iconic No.8 jersey which used to be the one worn by Barcelona legend Andres Iniesta. Pjanic has a 60m euros plus 5m euros in variables and also a buyout clause of €400m.
