Lucas Torreira will be prepared for life in the Premier League when his scary transfer to Arsenal is completed, according to the player s father.
Arsenal look set to sign Torreira, who has started in Uruguay s last two World Cup games, from Sampdoria once the midfielder s campaign in Russia is over.
The 22-year-old would become Unai Emery s fourth signing of the transfer window.
There are doubts over Torreira s ability to adapt to a more physical league than Serie A, but his father Ricardo claims his son has a programme ready to help him settle in England.
296 Lucas Torreira made the most recoveries (296) among the outfield players in Serie A in the 2017-18 campaign. Worker.
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There will be people that will accompany him, he told Teledoce.
He won t be alone. It s a big change [going to England] and we don t want to think about it yet because we re scared.
The truth is it s tough to manage the language, adapt to the [London] society and customs and at the same time not lose ours.
But there s a whole programme getting readied for Lucas.
