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Arsenal completed the signing of Sampdoria midfielder Lucas Torreira on Tuesday for £ 26million.
Torreira has participated in all five Uruguay games at the World Cup and will pause before joining the rest of his new team. Matador at the beginning of August
Torreira was playing before changing position to become defensive midfielder, where he should play for Arsenal.
According to Adam Bate, expert in Sky Sports, Gunners can look forward to great things. He has been compared to two of the best in the world.
"He's been in Italy for four years, so as you can imagine, he's tactically conscious," he told the Transfer Talk podcast
. Marcello Donatelli, who was his deputy director at Pescara when Torreira was there, said that besides Sergio Busquets, he was the best midfield tactical midfielder in Europe, which is very complimentary
. That's what he said
"I think you can see in some figures, his steals and tackles are quite there at Sere A. Last season [19659007] "The scout who found him in Uruguay and brought him Roberto Druda was Italy
Torreira will wear the No. 11 jersey of the Emirates, replacing Mesut Ozil who joined the number 10.
Bate continued: "At the World Cup, he was very impressive for Uruguay.Although in the match against France, he blocked more shots than he did. any other midfielder of the tournament and he did not even start the first two matches.
"It's someone who can prevent the opposition from playing. That's probably what Arsenal needs.
"He's only 5ft 6ins, but he can play that role."
"That's really what's missing at Arsenal. We have seen Gary Neville review Granite Xhaka's opponents in recent years and he has not done so. "
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