Top summer weather for kids to meet Arthur at Bayer 04 Football School

As with last week, when Victor Boniface and Odilon Kossounou called in on the children, a relaxed round of questions took place on the coaches benches at the BayArena. In warm summer weather, 60 children gathered in excited mood for the arrival of Arthur. When the door to the changing rooms finally opened the Brazilian was greeted with loud applause.

Arthur revealed to the children that he liked to listen to music before matches to be able to fully concentrate on the game. On the best moment of his career to date, the 21-year-old said: "The best moment was when we won the German league title. It was a great day and the atmosphere was brilliant. I really like the atmosphere with our fans at the BayArena."

"Düsseldorf or cologne?" – "Leverkusen!"

With the question of who his best friend is in the team, Arthur had to think for a moment but then said with certainty: "Everybody!" The Brazilian also provided a swift response the question "Düsseldorf or Cologne?" Arthur: "Leverkusen!"

The Brazilian also revealed to the children that his fellow countrymen Ronaldinho and Neymar were his role models in football, his home country of Brazil is also his favourite holiday destination and that his teammate Jeremie Frimpong is the funniest man in the dressing room.

photos and Autographs after round of questions

The relaxed round of questions, where the children also praised Arthur for his good German, was followed by the next traditional highlight of the day: Selfies and autographs with the Werkself player. The children bought their own Meisterschale with them. Arthur spent a lot of time meeting the many requests from the children. Finally there was a group photo before the 21-year-old headed back to the dressing room leaving behind a sea of beaming faces.