Arsenal completes £ 26.5 million signing Uruguay midfielder Lucas Torreira | Soccer



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Arsenal signed his fourth signing this summer with new manager Unai Emery completing a € 30m (€ 26.5m) contract for Uruguayan defensive midfielder Sampdoria Lucas Torreira

. The London Colney club training complex on Tuesday will not however join the Arsenal team before the start of August, during the five matches of the race. Uruguay to the quarter-finals of the World Cup.

"In Lucas Torreira, we signed a young player who is a very brilliant talent in the game," said Emery at the official Arsenal website. "High quality midfielder, I have enjoyed watching his performances for Sampdoria over the last two seasons, and we have all seen it very well for Uruguay in World Cup. Is a young player who already has a good experience, but who wants to keep growing. "

Torreira will wear shirt No.11 that Mesut Özil has occupied until this summer, with the German instead of wearing shirt No 10 by Jack Wilshere, now in West Ham.

Emery has already hosted German goalkeeper Bernd Leno of Bayer Leverkusen, Greek defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos of Borussia Dortmund and Swiss defender Stephan Lichtsteiner of the UAE.

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