{"id":566966,"date":"2020-09-23T13:51:20","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T17:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=566966"},"modified":"2026-01-30T16:38:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:38:03","slug":"report-arsenal-midfielder-lucas-torreira-agrees-personal-terms-with-atletico-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/09\/23\/report-arsenal-midfielder-lucas-torreira-agrees-personal-terms-with-atletico-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Arsenal Midfielder Lucas Torreira Agrees Personal Terms With Atletico Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lucas Torreira has agreed personal terms with Atletico Madrid, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1308763737743122432\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano<\/a>. However, an agreement on the fee with the Uruguayan&#8217;s current club, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/arsenal\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal<\/a>, is yet to be reached.<\/p>\n<p>Diego Simeone\u2019s side are looking to offload Hector Herrera to accommodate the Uruguayan midfielder and to meet Arsenal\u2019s demands. The Argentinian manager is claimed to have called the midfielder to persuade him to make the move.<\/p>\n<h2>Arsenal Midfielder Lucas Torreira Agrees Personal Terms With Atletico Madrid<\/h2>\n<h3>Upgrades for the Gunners<\/h3>\n<p>Arsenal are willing to offload the likes of Torreira and Matteo Guendouzi to fund moves for their primary targets: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/07\/28\/report-atletico-madrid-reject-arsenal-bid-for-thomas-partey\/\" target=\"_self\">Thomas Partey<\/a> of Atletico Madrid and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/09\/23\/report-houssem-aouar-attracts-attention-from-champions-league-club-amidst-arsenal-interest\/\" target=\"_self\">Houssem Aouar<\/a> of Lyon.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year old midfielder signed for \u00a326 million from Sampdoria in 2018 and has attracted interest from several clubs, including <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/05\/16\/report-arsenals-lucas-torreira-wants-italian-reunion\/\" target=\"_self\">Fiorentina and Torino<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On the podcast Here We Go, transfer expert Fabrizio Romano broke the news that \u2018the clubs are now working to find an agreement but Arsenal want it to be permanent, whilst Atletico are offering a loan plus option. Partey is not included in this deal&#8217;.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lucas Torreira has agreed personal terms with Atl\u00e9tico Madrid. He\u2019s keen to join but agreement with Arsenal has not been reached yet: Atl\u00e9ti need to sell Hector Herrera to sign Torreira. \u26aa\ufe0f\ud83d\udd34 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Atleti?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Atleti<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/transfers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#transfers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MatteMoretto?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@MatteMoretto<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1308763737743122432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Torreira is yet to feature in Mikel Arteta\u2019s plans this season, with the manager preferring Mohamed Elneny and has also chosen to re-sign Daniel Ceballos on-loan from Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<h3>Offloading Herrera to Acquire Lucas Torreira<\/h3>\n<p>The Spanish club are currently undergoing an overhaul of their squad. A deal for the 24-year old Torreira all depends on the departure of Mexican midfielder Hector Herrera, who could re-join Porto a year after he joined Atletico from the Portuguese side.<\/p>\n<h3>Partey to Arsenal Update<\/h3>\n<p>It is well-documented that <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/07\/28\/report-atletico-madrid-reject-arsenal-bid-for-thomas-partey\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal are interested in Partey<\/a>, but a deal to include the defensive midfielder in the Torreira move is off the table. However, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mo6Z1Ld3k0M&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;ab_channel=TifoPodcast\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Athletic&#8217;s football correspondent David Ornstein<\/a>, Arsenal are trying to do deals for both Partey and Aouar but have back-ups if not possible.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"HofBiNU1SZ9_umaB-6Gupg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1067602018\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'HofBiNU1SZ9_umaB-6Gupg',sig:'fH_hpPch9mBr1iSHFCwc-lRkksRsfiOWcKIMSwQ7TpY=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1067602018',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lucas Torreira has agreed personal terms with Atletico Madrid, according to Fabrizio Romano. However, an agreement on the fee with the Uruguayan&#8217;s current club, Arsenal, is yet to be reached. Diego Simeone\u2019s side are looking to offload Hector Herrera to accommodate the Uruguayan midfielder and to meet Arsenal\u2019s demands. 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