Gunners’ midfielder Lucas Torreira couldn’t deal with being left out of the Gunners’ side under Unai Emery and has decided to seek professional help to help him cope psychologically. The Uruguay international was a big-money signing from Sampdoria in 2018, but his second year at the Emirates was a difficult one.Suddenly, he found himself frozen out of the side – something that he’d never faced before.”A year ago, I had been working with a psychologist in Spain because I played very little in my second year at Arsenal. It was hard for me to accept it because my life depends on football. Simply put, when I don’t play, I have a very bad time, I am in a very bad mood. That’s why I started seeing a professional to help me with my problem.”Heartbroken Torreira wants to leave Arsenal and go homeThings got even worse for the 25-year-old. Arsenal shipped him out on loan to Atletico Madrid, but his football had to take a back seat when he received the devastating news of his mother’s passing.Speaking out about all kinds of mental issues is important now more than ever. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the escalating problems of online abuse, many professional athletes have found themselves in a bad place. Just the other day, Bayern’s young forward Joshua Zirkzee deleted all his Instagram posts after receiving many nasty comments. Torreira wanted everyone to realize that seeing a psychologist doesn’t mean that you are ‘crazy’ and that there shouldn’t be a taboo.”In the past, people would ask you whether you’re a lunatic if you’d see a psychologist And today it is very important, especially for us who live away from our families. And when my mother’s thing happened, I wanted to stop playing soccer, I wanted to stay in Uruguay with my family. I had very little desire to go back to Spain because I had to stay alone there.”Lucas Torreira should stay at Arsenal and be given a chance. We all know how good he could be! Could be the partnership with Partey we are looking for. #AFC ⚪️🔴 pic.twitter.com/dcQioTYovY— BA ⚪️🔴 (@blanegunner) July 26, 2021 Today, Torreira is still an Arsenal player, but it does seem like he won’t be playing for the Gunners again. He openly admitted that he’s love to play for Boca Juniors in Argentina because it’s the club he supports. Besides, he would be living very close to his Uruguayan family. However, that transfer did not materialize because the South American giants can’t afford to spend around $22 million on any player.Going back to Italy is probably the most realistic option for Lucas, but nothing of substance has been agreed upon just yet. As long as he stays healthy, there is no reason why he couldn’t return to playing at the highest level.
