With Lucas Torreira seemingly on his way out of Arsenal, there are a number of teams in Italy keen on his services.
First we had Torino, who were the ones who brought this idea to our attention, followed by both Fiorentina and AS Roma, with the latter of the two thinking about a swap between the Uruguayan and Amadou Diawara.
Well, it’s the Turin club we’ll be focusing on today, as Gazzetta dello Sport look at how they will change under their new manager, Marco Giampaolo.
The name might sound familiar to you, and that’s because he’s a huge fan of Torreira, having managed him at Sampdoria, and was the one behind all those stories of the midfielder potentially moving to Milan last year.
He’s now in charge at Torino, where Gazzetta explain the idea of bringing the Arsenal midfielder to the club is one that ‘fascinates a lot’.
Described as an ‘authentic student of Giampaolo’s’, Torreira’s desire ‘is to return to Italy’, with the Gunners ‘giving him the green light’ to do so.
For Torino, the only way they would get a player of the Uruguay international’s value and aware would be ‘through a loan’, but that doesn’t mean it can’t happen.
After all, it’s under Giampaolo that Torreira blossomed into the player Arsenal bought, so why wouldn’t he also want a reunion with a manager who knows exactly how to get the best out of him?