The Argentine giant Boca Juniors is interested in getting Arsenal midfielder Lucas Torreira when the summer transfer window opens.
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Uruguayan joined the Gunners from Sampdoria already in the summer of 2018, but after failing to settle in the Emirates in the way he and the club would have hoped, he is currently on loan at Atletico Madrid.
The 25-year-old has struggled for playing time under Diego Simeone this season and started in La Liga on just three occasions. His current contract with the North London side runs until 2023, and given that he does not seem to be part of Mikel Arteta’s plans, he can be sold at the end of the campaign.
According to Argentine journalist Diego Monroig – whose focus is on Boca – Torreira and Edinson Cavani from Man Utd are targets for Xeneizes, who are looking for a defensive midfielder and a striker. He said, quoted by ESPN: “In normal situations, Boca would not have thought of players like Torreira or Cavani, it will depend on them.”
Torreira has made no secret of the fact that he is a Boca fan and revealed just as much during an interview with ESPN Uruguay as early as 2020.
“This love for Boca was born many years ago,” he said. The Boca world. “
Mikel Arteta with Lucas Torreira last season | James Williamson – AMA / Getty Images
Given that the player has endured some difficult seasons, it is unlikely that Arsenal will see a profit on his initial investment of 25 million pounds in Torreira even if he is sold this summer.
A return to South America and to the club he followed as a boy may be the perfect step for the resilient midfielder, but it is unclear whether the Primera Division side will be able to face the Gunners’ appreciation of the player.
