by Seb Stafford-Bloor @https://twitter.com/@SebSB Published 6 min ago We are part of The Trust Project What is it? Lucas Torreira (Sampdoria to Arsenal, £26.4m) Everything makes sense in pre-season, but especially so in this case. Arsene Wenger used to approach the transfer market with far too much deference to his own ideals, and that probably prevented him from signing the kind of midfielder which Arsenal so obviously needed. Torreira is that midfielder. The Uruguayan can play a bit, Sampdoria supporters will tell you as much, but his principle attributes will be focussed on making his new team far more secure without the ball. Not before time, he’ll provide Unai Emery’s defence...
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