After helping Uruguay to considerable success at the World Cup back in 2018, Lucas Torreira arrived at Arsenal as the club's much-needed successor to Gilberto Silva. The Gunners had long been without a bona-fide holding midfielder to help protect the back four, but now, they had gotten one of the most effective players in that position in European football. From the start of the 2016/2017 campaign whilst he was at Sampdoria, to the summer in which he left to head to the Emirates, no player had won more tackles (198), won more fouls (174) or made more interceptions (158). Torreira represented exactly the kind of player the north London side had been crying out for. 1 of 25 How much did...
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