BARCELONA fans watched their side’s faint title hopes shatter on Thursday night… but midfielder Arthur looked more bored than upset as he looked on from the bench.
Quique Setien’s side slumped to a 2-1 home defeat to their unfancied opponents Osasuna, prompting a furious post-match tirade from Lionel Messi.
Arthur could barely conceal his boredom on the sidelinesCredit: BEIN Sports
The Argentine passionately fumed: “We were a very erratic, very weak, low-intensity team. We lost a lot of points and today’s game is a summary of the season.
“We have to be self-critical. Starting with the players but doing a global self-criticism.”
Arthur, however, seemed nonplussed – as TV cameras caught him yawning on the sidelines in just the 35th minute of the match.
The 23-year-old was slumped in his seat – not appearing too fussed that his team-mates were already 1-0 down.
Barca’s No8 is likely to have kicked his last ball for the club, having agreed to join Juventus in a £66million deal for next season.
And unsurprisingly, given his clear lack of enthusiasm, the Brazilian has been left out of Setien’s 22-man matchday squad for Barcelona’s final game of the season against Alaves this afternoon.
Arthur isn’t the only high-profile LaLiga star to have been caught a little sleepy on the sidelines, however.
Gareth Bale played up to the cameras during a recent 2-0 Real Madrid victory over Alaves, pulling his coronavirus mask over his eyes and lying across the seats in front of him… pretending to catch 40 winks during the match.
Gareth Bale has also recently pretended to sleep on the sidelines Credit: Refer to Caption
The Welshman, 31, also showed that his heart doesn’t appear in it at Madrid anymore – visibly laughing as he was snubbed in favour of Brahim Diaz, when boss Zinedine Zidane had one substitution left to use.
His antics, however, appear to have caught up with him, having featured in just two of Real Madrid’s ten matches since the LaLiga restart.
And the ex-Tottenham star was axed for his side’s final game altogether – bringing his involvement in the upcoming Champions League match with Manchester City into serious doubt.
Gareth Bale trolls Zinedine Zidane again with hilarious antics as he’s left on bench for Real Madrid
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
