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Fiorentina are looking to wrap up the deal to make Lucas Torreira’s loan move from Arsenal permanent by Easter.
In order to facilitate this, there is a €15 million (£12.6 m) fee already agreed between the two parties in case his move to Serie A went well – which it has proved to do.
The Serie A club are still hoping to get a discount on that price, but, having lost out in the race to sign Dusan Vlahovic from them in January, they may not be in any mood to be charitable.
The player himself has made no bones of his wish to stay in Italy- he never really settled in England, despite a bright start to life under Unai Emery.
He spent last season on loan at Atlético Madrid, but found himself more often than not on the bench under Diego Simeone.
He may be one of the first ones through the door in what is promising to be a summer full of comings and goings at the Emirates.
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