{"id":13628,"date":"2018-09-05T21:04:32","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T18:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arsenaltruefans.com\/?p=13628"},"modified":"2018-09-05T21:04:32","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T18:04:32","slug":"lucas-torreira-reveals-how-he-joined-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arsenaltruefans.com\/2018\/09\/lucas-torreira-reveals-how-he-joined-arsenal","title":{"rendered":"Lucas Torreira Reveals How He Joined Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lucas Torreira arrived at the Emirates Stadium in the summer transfer window and he is considered to be Arsenal&#8217;s best signing in the recently closed transfer window since he was even the one that cost the North Londoners a lot of money.<\/p>\n<p>Lucas Torreira has not been in Arsenal&#8217;s starting eleven this season but his appearances for the gunners as a substitute have made him become a fan favourite at the club because he always brings pure class stability in the midfield of Arsenal when he is on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal&#8217;s media team today released a video on their official Twitter account which shows Lucas Torreira explaining how he joined the gunners and how he feels about being a gunner, after spending just two months at the Emirates Stadium. Watch the video below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? &#8220;When I went to the World Cup, I knew that whatever happened I was going to sign for Arsenal&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>?? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LTorreira34?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LTorreira34<\/a> opens up on how his transfer materialised&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DbubT8NgtT\">pic.twitter.com\/DbubT8NgtT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Arsenal\/status\/1037300577162674176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lucas Torreira says;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was preparing to go to the World Cup with my country, with Uruguay, I received a call from the boss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had already had a talk with my agent who told me about the idea of Arsenal and I was very happy because when I was in Italy, I never imagined being able to come to the Premier League.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Arsenal fans have been disappointed with Unai Emery for not giving Lucas Torreira a spot in the starting eleven this season even though he has proved to be an extraordinary player when he is brought into the match as a substitute but the Spanish manager has continually said that the Uruguayan international is not ready to start matches.<\/p>\n<p>We will however probably see Lucas Torreira start for Arsenal for the first time this season when the gunners kick-start their Carabao Cup and Europa League campaigns this month, and everyone will be hoping that he proves a point to Unai Emery in those matches so that he could finally get chosen in the starting eleven in a Premier League match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal new signing Lucas Torreira has revealed that he received a phone call from Unai Emery when he was about to go for the World Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,486,487,427],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - 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