Arsenal have reportedly accepted a €24m offer for Lucas Torreira and it seems only a matter of time before a deal is agreed and the midfielder leaves the club, whether that be on loan with an obligation or an option or permanently.
![Where would a €24m fee for Lucas Torreira rank in Arsenal's top sales? 1 Lucas Torreira in training with Arsenal (Photo via Arsenal on Twitter)](/static/uploads/2020/07/9gsIqxFX.jpg)
Lucas Torreira, who called signing for Arsenal the ‘opportunity of a lifetime’ is heading for the exit door just over two years after arriving at club.
While there will be plenty of discussion in the coming days and weeks as to why a player the club seemed to want so much didn’t quite work out as planned, Arsenal will still turn a profit on the player while shifting his £75kw wages off the books if they are selling him for €24m.
That’s not bad going for a player who was the second most subbed-on player for Arsenal last season after Joe Willock. Of course, there are conflicting reports and it is not a certainty that he will leave permanently this summer.
Still, where would this €24m (£22.14m) rank in terms of Arsenal’s top sales over the years?
Arsenal top sales
![Where would a €24m fee for Lucas Torreira rank in Arsenal's top sales? 2 10 Jan 1998: Marc Overmars of Arsenal celebrates a goal during the FA Carling Premiership match against Leeds United at Highbury in London. Arsenal won 2-1. Mandatory Credit: Shaun Botterill /Allsport](/static/uploads/2017/01/marc-overmars-v-leeds-e1484049975281.jpg)
Arsenal have sold 11 players for £20m or so in the Premier League era.
At £22.14m Torreira wouldn’t quite crack the top 10, coming in at 11, above Theo Walcott for whom Everton paid the not insignificant sum of £20.25m.
It isn’t, however, enough to knock Thierry Henry off 10th place. Barcelona paid us a paltry £21.6m for his services in 2010.
# | Player | Age | Nat. | Season | Joined | Fee | ||||||
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1 |
|
27 | ![]() |
00/01 |
|
£36.00m | ||||||
2 |
|
24 | ![]() |
17/18 |
|
£34.20m | ||||||
3 |
|
20 | ![]() ![]() |
99/00 |
|
£31.50m | ||||||
4 |
|
29 | ![]() |
17/18 |
|
£30.60m | ||||||
5 |
|
24 | ![]() |
11/12 |
|
£30.60m | ||||||
6 |
|
29 | ![]() |
12/13 |
|
£27.63m | ||||||
7 |
|
23 | ![]() ![]() |
19/20 |
|
£27.36m | ||||||
8 |
|
25 | ![]() ![]() |
09/10 |
|
£26.10m | ||||||
9 |
|
24 | ![]() ![]() |
11/12 |
|
£24.75m | ||||||
10 |
|
29 | ![]() ![]() |
07/08 |
|
£21.60m | ||||||
11 |
|
28 | ![]() |
17/18 |
|
£20.25m |