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Atletico Madrid prepare €40m bid for Serie A midfield star

Atletico Madrid prepare €40m bid for Serie A midfield star

Atletico Madrid are very interest in Serie A star Lucas Torreira, and Goal.com claim that they may already have a pre-contract agreement with Sampdoria.
 
The Uruguayan has gone from being paid a mere 100.000 a year several seasons ago to being one of the hottest central midfielders in Italy.
 
A strong tackler and very good passer, he has also netted twice in Serie A action, and is now deemed worthy by Atletico Madrid of an investment worth 40 million.
 
There’s only one problem, however: Samp don’t want to sell in January, a thought shared by directors like Daniele Prade, Antonio Romei and Carlo Osti, the main players at Bogliasco.
 
Torreira would just be the latest example of how Sampdoria have turned cheap acquisitions in mega sales: Milan Skriniar and Patrik Shick were, for example, acquired for a combined 5 million or so, but were sold last summer for sums amounting to a total of 74m.