Arsenal are contemplating the possibility of handing Lucas Torreira over to Atletico Madrid as part of an exchange for Thomas Partey, according to reports.to comply with the player’s forty-five million pound release clause.
Arsenal have already benefited from a window of movement so far.
The Gunners introduced Willian to a loose move in July, with Brazil leaving Chelsea after seven brilliant years at Stamford Bridge.
Since then, Arsenal have hired Gabriel Magalhaes from Ligue 1 Lille.
They have now turned around the touchdown of Partey from Atletico Madrid.
The Gunners have tried to use Matteo Guendouzi and Alexandre Lacazette as bait to catch the Ghanaian international.
But Spanish-language online page OkDiario states that Arsenal are deciding whether to use Torreira in the deal, with the midfielder suffering for minutes since Arteta’s appointment as coach.
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The Uruguayan foreigner was inspired by his first season at Emirates Stadium after arriving from Sampdoria.
But lately he is in the order of Arteta and began his final FA Cup win against Chelsea in August.
Atletico was among the clubs willing to point to Torreira after his performance with Uruguay at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
And they will be tempted to settle for the 24-year-old as bait, especially since it would be a tie replacement for Partey in the middle of the park.
Meanwhile, Arsenal legend Ray Parlor opened to Partey.
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And he suggested the club sell Lacazette to increase the player’s budget by 27, and told talkSPORT, “Lacazette will be the only one, the trump card.
“You look at the assets they have, there are actually many.
“They have Aubameyang, but with him you probably wouldn’t get as much as you’d like because, for now, he only has one year of contract left.
“Trump will be Lacazette.I know Juventus could have sought to buy it.Sometimes you have to lose a player to bring in players.You want to freshen up the locker room.”
“I like Lacazette, he’s a decent player, but we have Eddie Nketiah and it’s about whether he can act now and as a centre forward.
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“Probably not right now, but you can do it and probably do it in a few years.”
Arteta said of Community Shield’s recent victory over Liverpool that she hoped to make more signings this summer, and said, “I’m sure we’ll do everything we can in combination to achieve the purpose we had before.October 6th..
“If we’re not going to do that, it’s because we couldn’t succeed at that point or someone beat us with our planning.
“What we have to do is very clearly, we are aiming for this and we hope to be able to achieve it or approach it.”