Arsenal: It shouldn’t be that easy to jump ship on Lucas Torreira

Arsenal need to raise funds this summer, but just because Lucas Torreira said what he said doesn’t mean he should be the one to turn for profit.

Lucas Torreira was one of Arsenal‘s best players last season. And that was with the language barrier that he mentioned, as well as the World Cup going last summer, and the climate in England, and the acclimation.

He was still one of our best players. And yet, here we are, without a signing to our name, and people like Charlie Nicholas, among others, are willing to jump ship on Torreira, saying that if he isn’t happy, then sell him for the right price.

Unless that right price is just game-changing (as in £60m game-changing), then why are we in such a hurry to be rid of him? Sure, our financial situation is desperate, but the name of the game is building for the long haul, and Torreira has one hell of a head start in that department.

Don’t forget that this is all part of the process that most players will go through when coming to England. Torreira was just a little more outspoken about it.

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But how many times have we heard players mention the weather, the lack of sun, the language barrier, the new country jitters? It happens all the time, and not just at Arsenal. It happens other places too.

If that were cause to sell a player, there would be a hell of a lot more heads rolling after just one year at their new clubs.

Lucas Torreira is a competitor, he plays the game harder than anyone else out there. And he even said, after all these comments, that he would learn as the years go by. That doesn’t sound like someone who wants to be sold this moment, who wants to quit on playing at this elevated level of football and go back to Italy. That sounds like someone who is honestly telling the media that he had a hard time adjusting, but is ready for the challenge.

And as fans, we can’t be ready to see him leave that easily, not with how important he was to this club last year. Who’s going to replace him? Matteo Guendouzi? He’s a different kind of player entirely.

Stand up for Torreira, don’t push him out the door. It’s only going to make him want to leave more if he sees all this nonsense about how he should be sold.