Arsenal have completed the signing of Uruguayan midfielder Lucas Torreira for £26 million (€30m/$34m)
The 22-year-old has just come off the back of a successful World Cup campaign with Uruguay who crashed out in the Quarter-finals against France.
His signing follows those of Sokratis Papastathopoulos, Berndt Leno and Stephan Lichtsteiner making him the fourth signing for the Gunners.
Arsenal’s head coach Unai Emery was effusive in his praise for the youngster saying: “In Lucas Torreira, we have signed a young player who is a very bright talent in the game. A midfielder with great quality, I have enjoyed watching his performances for Sampdoria in the past two seasons, and we all saw him do very well for Uruguay in the World Cup.
“He is a young player already with good experience, but who wants to keep on growing.
“We welcome Lucas to Arsenal and look forward to him joining us soon for pre-season.”
Torreira will be inheriting the number 11 shirt vacated by Mesut Ozil who has now taken the number 10 shirt which was in turn vacated by Jack Wilshere who moved to West Ham on a free transfer.
Arsenal is also expected to announce the signing of Lorient’s Matteo Guendouzi for a fee of €8m (£7m/$9.4m) in the near future.
