With the recent acquisition of the Brazilian forward Arthur Cabral to Fiorentina from Basel, there is a tremendous amount of excitement surrounding his debut with the Viola this weekend against Lazio at home. Regardless of being labelled as the replacement for Dusan Vlahovic, the 23 year-old marksman is set to leave his unique mark within the top-flight league of Italy.
Earlier today in a press conference regarding his €15M move to Fiorentina from the Swiss giants, the Brazlian forward has expressed how much this new challenge means to him personally.
He described the significance of this new opportunity within his career to Sport Italia: “I’ve been preparing all my life for this moment. I’m ready to wear such an historic, important and symbolic shirt. I’m strong physically, play as a centre-forward and like to move around in the penalty area. I have similar characteristics to Adriano and hope to repeat what he did in Italy. When I discovered Fiorentina wanted me, I was so happy, as this is an opportunity to work in a great project, in a top league and help me reach the Brazil squad for the World Cup in Qatar.”
In addition, when asked about how he feels about filling the shoes of the leading goal-scorer of the lead, he explained in the press how he wants alleviate from comparisons to the 22 year-old Serbian international: “I respect what Vlahovic did here, but my objective is to write my name in the history books and follow in the footsteps of other great Brazilians before me.”
With the return of the Serie A from the international break imminent, only time will tell whether or not the promising Brazilian number nine will be capable of extending his fine run of form of 14 goals in 18 games played in the Swiss Premier League under the lights of the most prestigious league within Italy.