King Arthur’s new realm is on the Arno

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For a short time between 2019 and 2022, Basel was organized as a monarchy. The seat of the crowned was St. Jakob Park. His name: Arthur. King Arthur. Unlike his role model from the world of legends, the Brazilian ruler is real. His currency: goals. 65 red-blue in number.

16 million as a parting gift

The impression Arthur Cabral (25) left on Rhine’s knee is lasting. And when he changed kingdoms and moved to a magical place where kingdoms were common until not so long ago, he helped the Basel Round Table with a parting gift of about 16 million francs. It is partly thanks to this money that FCB is still alive and can fulfill this Conference League dream.

But now it’s time to stop having fun with gifts. Fiorentina want to lay the foundations in Florence to reach the Conference League final and thus maintain the possibility of winning the second European trophy for the viola after that of the cup winners in 1961. The designated goalscorer for this is the former king of Basel, who missed the last league game in Napoli due to a foot injury.

In the beginning it was difficult, now Cabral is up and running

Now it seems that the Italians can count on their striker again. “Arthur was able to train on Wednesday morning without any problems,” says Fiorentina coach Vincenzo Italiano.

The beginnings in the Renaissance city were sticky. But Cabral keeps getting better. Crescendo the Italians call it. And so the balance for 2023 is even excellent. Cabral has scored 11 of his total of 17 goals this year. With his goals, he actively helped to shoot the lilies in the Italian Cup final (Fiorentina will play against the semifinalists of the Champions League Inter Milan on May 24) and in the semifinals of the Conference League. “He quickly understood Italian football with its specialties,” says Italiano.

Last Fiorentina title 2001

Cabral himself said on the Serie A YouTube channel last week: “Like the whole team, I have made progress recently. And now I want to help get silverware to Florence.” It’s about time, the last title dates back to 2001. It was a cup win.

In any case, Cabral has Brazilian predecessors with much bigger names on the Arno: the unforgettable Socrates played here from 1984 to 1985 and later world champion Carlos Dunga from 1988 to 1992. These are huge footsteps. If anyone can fill it, most likely a… king.

Source : Blick