Coach reveals there is only one midfielder in Europe stronger than Torreira

According to Lucas Torreira’s former coach Marcello Dontelli, there’s only one player who is stronger than Lucas Torreira and that player is Sergio Busquets. The Italian worked with the midfielder as assistant manager at Pescara, before the Uruguayan moved on to play for Sampdoria. "His technique, his determination and his tactical intelligence always impressed me," the Italian told Sky Sports. "He has always been strong in understanding those defensive tactical aspects and he is very mature tactically in terms of how he reads the game. "He can cope with the gaps that emerge in midfield with great intelligence and he covers very well. He is the one who corrects the spaces and cuts out the passes between the lines in the defensive phase. "After Sergio Busquets, he is tactically the strongest midfielder in Europe." Torreira will be Arsenal fourth signing after Stephan Lichtsteiner, Bernd Leno and Sokratis Papastathopoulos.

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