Arsenal look set to receive a considerable transfer windfall with a potential sale of Lucas Torreira this summer.
The Uruguayan midfielder has fallen down the pecking order at the Emirates Stadium under Mikel Arteta and was sent out on-loan to Atletico Madrid last season.
football.london understands that he is one of the potential candidates to leave the club permanently this season and the player’s agent Pablo Bentancur has admitted that Torreira himself is eyeing a departure.
Not only that however, but he has also revealed that Arsenal plan to hold talks regarding a potential sale in the not so distant future.
Talking to Tuttomercatoweb, he said: "He wants to go back to Italy.
"Clubs have called me from France, Russia and Spain. But Lucas wants to embrace Serie A again to prove his worth. Arsenal have understood the situation and will come to meet us."
According to transfermarkt, the 25-year-old is valued at £18m with just two years remaining on his contract at the Emirates Stadium.
That fee would of course be hugely useful for the Gunners as Edu and Mikel Arteta attempt to bolster the squad ahead of the 2021/22 season.
Arsenal are close to spending a considerable amount of their summer budget with the £50m signing of Brighton & Hove Albion centre-back Ben White.
Meanwhile, football.london understands that the Gunners need to sell before they can buy with Leicester’s James Maddison among the names to recently been linked with a switch to north London.
Torreira initially arrived at Arsenal from Sampdoria in 2018 and has gone on to represent the Gunners on 89 occasions, scoring four goals.
