Lucas Torreira He is one of the footballers with whom Il Atlético de Madrid aims to round out the squad for this season. The rojiblanco club has been on the Uruguayan's track for a long time, to the point that it has an agreement with the Arsenal footballer to put himself under the orders of Diego Simeone.
Torino has already retired from the race for the Uruguayan.
However, the English club has so far been reluctant to let Atlético go, for two reasons: one, that the Metropolitan have always refused to negotiate the transfer of Thomas Partey, desired in London. And two, that in Madrid they want a loan with a purchase option, while the Gunners contemplated the transfer to make money.
Thus, and taking into account that there is less than a week left until the transfer market closes, Atlético is obliged to make one last attempt for the Uruguayan midfielder, very much to the liking of Simeone. The player has been waiting two weeks for the agreement to crystallize and from his surroundings they are sure that he will wear rojiblanco. But the agreement does not come. And Atlético has spoken to Arsenal again.
In addition to convincing the Arsenal, something that seems increasingly close, the rojiblanco club intends to release a footballer from the center of the field to make room for Torreira. The wish is that it be Herrera, for which there have been conversations with he Porto, but the record of the Mexican at Atlético (he arrived free) cannot be assumed now by the Portuguese club, although negotiations are still ongoing.
On the other hand, in Italy they ensure that the player's agent, Pablo Betancour, He arrived in Madrid on Tuesday to try to unblock the operation, although the agreement between his client and Atlético has been total for a couple of weeks.