LUCAS TORREIRA is closing in on a loan transfer to Fiorentina, according to reports.
The Uruguayan midfielder, 25, has been frozen out by Mikel Arteta and his future appears set to be away from the Emirates.
According to Football London, a £1million loan fee will be agreed with the Serie A club to take him for the 2021-22 campaign, covering all of his wages.
And it is understood a £13m option to buy may well be included in the deal for next summer.
Arsenal have given the green light for the switch to go through.
It is now dependent on Torreira completing a medical after he opted for Fiorentina over German outfit Eintracht Frankfurt.
His transfer should be confirmed and announced in the coming days.
The news comes just days after it was reported Arsenal told Torreira he can leave the club.
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He arrived from Sampdoria in 2018 and hit the ground running but struggled since Arteta came in.
The combative midfielder was loaned to Atletico Madrid last season and vowed to break back into the Arsenal team this summer – despite not being part of Arteta's plans and training alone.
His contract still has two years left to run but a successful spell back in Italy could help Arsenal recoup some of the £27m they paid for him.
Fellow midfielders Joe Willock and Matteo Guendouzi have already headed through the exit door this summer.
Academy-graduate Willock joined Newcastle for £25m while Guendouzi headed to Marseille on loan.
And with Thomas Partey and Mohamed Elneny set to head to the African Cup of Nations in January, Arsenal could be left short in midfield.
But Albert Sambi Lokonga has come in and partnered Granit Xhaka for the opening two games of the season.
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