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After many speculations and rumors, Arsenal on Tuesday formalized the signing of Uruguayan Lucas Torreira, 22 years old. The player was in Sampdoria (ITA) and has stood out over the past two seasons. He was called by Óscar Tabárez for the World Cup and was one of the pillars of Uruguay.
Uruguay was one of the highlights of his World Cup selection (Disclosure / AFC)
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Arsenal manager, Unai Emery, was very interested in his football and did not go to great lengths to close the Uruguayan midfielder's signature to the Gunners.
"We hired a young man who has a brilliant talent, a quality midfielder.I really enjoyed your matches at Sampdoria and everyone saw his nice performance with Uruguay at the World Cup.Although young, he is experienced and wants to improve even more.We are happy to welcome him and we look forward to him in the preseason – Emery told the site Web of the English club
Torreira graduated from the basic categories of the Montevideo Wanderers and went to Italy in 2013 to play Pescara.In 2015, he was hired by Sampdoria, but went on for another year loaned to Pescara In 2016, he returned to Samp and played in 71 high-level games since the start of the World Cup, his name has been tied mainly to Arsenal, which ended up being his destination.
– J & # I've received a lot of fan posts on my social media because of the rumors of hiring during the World Cup. I am happy to arrive here and I look forward to meeting the fans, "added Lucas
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