Lucas Torreira Is Flattered Compared to Patrick Vieira

DBasia.news – Who doesn’t know Patrick Vieira? He is the Arsenal legend and one of the football players in Europe. If someone is compared to him, obviously he’s not an ordinary person. The current Arsenal midfielder, Lucas Torreira, is compared to Vieira and flattered by that.

In summer 2018, Torreira joined Arsenal after purchasing him from Sampdoria with 30 million euro or Rp500 billion transfer fee.

Despite his early presence, Torreira gets the trust to guard Arsenal’s midfield. Torreira’s performance with Arsenal is promising, hence the fans compared him the same like Vieira.

Realizing Vieira’s quality as a midfielder, Torreira feels flattered with the comments from Arsenal fans. However, he thinks he needs to improve his capability to really equalize Vieira’s level.

“If the fans are comparing me and my game to Patrick Vieira, that’s amazing. It makes me very proud but I need to grow a bit before I can be as tall as him!” Torreira said quoted by Mirror, Saturday (10/11).

“But he’s an amazing player, I remember getting up in the mornings in Uruguay to watch him. I feel very happy and am looking to help the team,” he concluded.