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title: "Sampdoria confirm Torreira departure"
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author: "Daniel Emery"
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published: "2018-06-20T10:10:41Z"
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# Sampdoria confirm Torreira departure

Sampdoria have confirmed that Lucas Torreira has left the club for a fee of €30m.

The owner of Sampdoria, Massimo Ferrero, has confirmed that Torreira has completed a move elsewhere.

Arsenal is expected to be his destination, after reports claiming that Arsenal had agreed a deal for the midfielder.

Torreira is currently on international duty with Uruguay at the World Cup in Russia, and will likely complete his move after the tournament.

[As quoted by Calcio Mercato,](https://www.football-italia.net/123243/samp-confirm-torreira-exit) Ferrero said this:

> Torreira’s gone for €30m.

> I bought him from Pescara when no-one believed in him. We gambled on him and won, paying just €3m for him.

Torreira was a star for Sampdoria in the Serie A last season and was named in the Team of the Season.

The holding midfielder looks set to become Arsenal’s third signing of the summer, joining Stephan Lichtsteiner and Bernd Leno;