Fiorentina chief explains why Torreira never went through.
The Uruguayan midfielder is expected to leave the Emirates this summer as he is currently unwanted by Mikel Arteta.
He spent the last season on loan at Fiorentina and a €15m option was included to make the deal permanent.
Daniele Pradè, Fiorentina’s director of football explained what went down with the Lucas Torreira transfer.
He said: “Let’s start from the beginning, with the arrival of Lucas, who gave us so much from a technical point of view and should be thanked. I called him in the first few days if April to discuss the situation.
“In April, we called them to pay over five years. For us, to buy a player born in 1996 in an operation of more than €30m, it would mean making him a symbol. We offer him €2.5m/year for five years, a profitable proposition. We saw a long road with Lucas, but there was a sharp closure from the agent’s end and something changed in the relationship between us.
“Then, in the last month and a half, Amrabat did great and gave us guarantees, making it clear to our manager that we could use him in the role. At that point, it became a technical choice, shared by the manager. We asked ourselves Amrabat or Torreira? And we all chose the first one together.”
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