Unai Emery lauds Arsenal signing Lucas Torreira as 'bright talent' | OneFootball

Arsenal manager Unai Emery has described new signing Lucas Torreira as a ‘bright talent’ boasting ‘great quality’.

The 22-year-old joined the Gunners from Sampdoria on Tuesday in a reported €30m deal after Emery watched his progress closely in Serie A.

Speaking to the official Arsenal website, the Arsenal boss said: “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 moves to north London having helped Uruguay reach the World Cup quarter-finals.