Arsenal head coach Unai Emery has hailed the ‘great quality’ of Lucas Torreira after the midfielder completed a move from Sampdoria. Torreira, 22, becomes Emery’s fourth signing in charge of the Gunners after Stephan Lichtsteiner, Bernd Leno and Sokratis Papastathopoulos all joined the club in recent weeks. It’s understood Arsenal agreed a fee of around £26.4million for Torreira and the Uruguay international will wear the No. 11 shirt at the Emirates next season. The midfielder impressed at the summer’s World Cup before Uruguay’s elimination and Emery is confident that he has signed a young player with experience.
Asked about Arsenal’s latest signing, Emery told the club’s official website: ‘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.’