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Torreira, Mertens join Turkish club Galatasaray

Lions confirm transfers of Uruguayan midfielder, Belgian attacker

Selcuk Bugra Gokalp  | 08.08.2022 - Update : 08.08.2022
Torreira, Mertens join Turkish club Galatasaray

ANKARA

Galatasaray on Monday announced that Uruguayan midfielder Lucas Torreira and Belgian attacker Dries Mertens have both joined the Turkish club.

According to the Istanbul team’s website, the Lions will pay €6 million ($6.1 million) to English side Arsenal for Torreira, who signed a contract with Galatasaray for four seasons, and €2.75 million per season to the Uruguayan player.

Mertens, on the other hand, signed with the Lions for one year (with another optional year) and will get €2.9 million per season and €1.1 million as a signing fee.

Torreira, who joined Premier League club Arsenal in 2018, formerly made appearances for Atletico Madrid (2020-2021) and Fiorentina (2021-2022) on loan. The 26-year-old also has 39 caps for the Uruguayan national team so far.

Belgium national Mertens, who has 21 goals in 105 caps, played for Dutch clubs PSV Eindhoven and Utrecht before joining Serie A team Napoli.

The 35-year-old bagged two Italian Cups (2014, 2020) with the Blues.

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