Gunners continues to strengthen their back as they finally announced the signing of defensive midfielder Lucas Torreira from Sampdoria. 22-year-old Uruguayan, who did amazing job to help his national squad on their way reach World Cup quarterfinals with impressive clean sheet record, agreed five-year-deal at the Emirates. Unai Emery spent €30 million on a player who will be wearing No.11 shirt.
Taking into account Arsenal's deficit of decent destroyer this signing looks quite promising especially when you eye Torreira’s Serie A stats:
- In the 2017/18 Serie A season Torreira made 36 appearances for Sampdoria, scored 4 goals and even made 1 assist
- In the 2018 World Cup he made 5 appearances, 3 of which with the starting 11