It appears that Arsenal have wrapped up the transfer of Lucas Torreira from Sampdoria. The club are waiting for the World Cup campaign of Uruguay to end before making any announcement.
But, we have had confirmations from all kinds of sources including the president of Sampdoria as well as the father of the player that a £26m deal is done.
The 22-year-old’s father is confident of the move being completed but has some understandable concerns about how the player will be able to adapt to a new league.
He made this clear in an interview where he had this to say:
‘There will be people that will accompany him,’ Ricardo told Teledoce via Goal. ‘He won’t be alone. It’s a big change [going to England] and we don’t want to think about it yet because we’re scared.’
‘The truth is it’s tough to manage the language, adapt to the [London] society and customs and at the same time not lose ours,’ he added. ‘But there’s a whole programme getting readied for Lucas.’
For any player, it is going to be tough to adapt to a new country, language as well as league. It will be the same in the case of Torreira but, the good news is that he will have a club that supports him in every step of the way.
When he signs, the Uruguayan will become the fourth player to join Arsenal this summer after Stephan Lichtsteiner, Bernd Leno and Sokratis were signed.
It is a bit of a surprise to see the Gunners behave so quickly and efficiently in the transfer market. This was necessary in the wake of new management coming to the club after Arsene Wenger had left after his epic reign.
Unai Emery recently took charge of his first training session as the manager of Arsenal and fans are excited to see what he can make this squad do. Adding a player like Torreira to this mix is only going to make the Gunners better. Perhaps, as a result of this, they will be able to get back into the Champions League.
