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Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Arsenal on course for £13.6m loss as midfielder reveals talks for permanent summer transfer

As things stand, Lucas Torreira is under contract at Arsenal for the 2022/23 season. But that could change if a club from either Spain or Italy meet his €15m (£12.9m) asking price before the summer transfer window closes.

Following a productive campaign on loan with Fiorentina, where the midfielder made a total of 35 appearances across all competitions - scoring five goals in the process - it looked as if he had done enough to earn a permanent transfer as the Serie A side were in negotiations with the Gunners to activate their option to buy.

However, as revealed by Torreira himself earlier in the month, Fiorentina have decided against taking up the option to turn his deal into a permanent one and the Uruguay international even went as far to suggest that his move was prevented by "those acting in a bad way".

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