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Lucas Torreira shirt number revealed: New Arsenal signing to wear this jersey
LUCAS TORREIRA will wear the No 11 shirt for Arsenal after completing his move to the club this afternoon.
Torreira was announced as an Arsenal player this afternoon, signing a long-term deal.
The Uruguay midfielder joins from Serie A side Sampdoria for a fee of around £26million.
And it has been revealed he will wear 11, previously worn by Mesut Ozil.
Last week it was announced Ozil will take his favoured No 10 after Jack Wilshere left the club at the end of his contract.
Torreira becomes the fourth signing of the summer by new boss Unai Emery.
Emery has already brought in goalkeeper Bernd Leno, centre-back Sokratis and experienced right-back Stephan Lichtsteiner.
Arsenal are also said to be close to signing Lorient midfielder Matteo Guendouzi.
On the arrival of Torreira, Emery told the official Arsenal website: “In Lucas Torreira, we have signed a young player who is a very bright talent in the game.
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"A midfielder with great quality, I have enjoyed watching his performances for Sampdoria in the past two seasons, and we all saw him do very well for Uruguay in the World Cup.
"He is a young player already with good experience, but who wants to keep on growing.
"We welcome Lucas to Arsenal and look forward to him joining us soon for pre-season.”