Discovering Arthur: How he worked hard under a strict regime at Gremio to make it to Barcelona LaLiga Santander - FC Barcelona Junior Chavare reveals what he was like as a kid

Arthur is restoring Barcelona's traditional style of passing football or at least that is what the club hope he will do from midfield.

The Brazilian was only a teenager of 14 when Barcelona won their famous six trophies in 2009 and he was a youth player at Goias but strange as it may seem with the distance from where he lived, his inspiration were Xavi, Iniesta and Messi.

After two years with his home town club, Arthur moved to Goias and that is where he met up with Junior Chavare, who was director of football at Gremio, Sao Paulo and currently is involved in a project to restructure Tubarao.

Chavare found a disciplined and responsible kid who already acted like a professional, and went on to become one of the main players for the Porto Alegre club.

"Arthur arrived following a scouting mission, he was seen in various tournaments and signed for Gremio," explained Chavare.

"At 17 you could see he was very advanced and we trained him so that he could play various different positions in midfield. Now he can play in three different positions in midfield and this gives him a lot of versatility.

"It was a specific progamme of work in which everything was organised: food, personality, physique...everything. At Gremio we worked specifically for him and in the case of Arthur it was like polishing a diamond."

It was clear that Arthur was motivated to get to the top.

"From when he was very young he was focused on being a footballer," continued Chavare.

"He was lucky to have a family that concentrated on the same objective and have always helped him. His father and mother, Ailton and Maria Lucia, were there for him and worked hard.

"Obviously it wasn't easy at the start coming from Brazil. Arthur was always a winner, we knew it wouldn't be easy to play for Barcelona but he had in his head to triumph in Europe and for Brazil."

Arthur's rise has been dramatic, he is showing his qualities that remind you of Xavi, and he makes it easier for Busquets to do his work. Barcelona fans are already thinking of him as the new star.