Uruguayan midfielder

Lucas Torreira

, who plays for Atlético de Madrid on loan from Arsenal, declared this Thursday that

he does not want to play in Europe anymore and that he wants to sign for Boca Juniors as soon as possible

to be close to his family after the death of his mother .

"I always said it. I'm dying to play there. I'm always going to say it, not just now because I'm going through this moment. If not now it will be in June or if not, later. The night my mother passed away (this Tuesday ) They called me and one of the first to whom I communicated it was my representative. I told him that I don't want to play in Europe anymore and I want to come to Boca, "Torreira told

ESPN

.

"If my representative is watching the interview, he will kill me, because he says it will get complicated. Now after the interview he will send me a message. It all depends on how the clubs can communicate,

my decision does not involve money

. If I want to continue making money I stay in Europe, "he added.

The midfielder said that for two years he has not been going through a "very good moment personally" and that it "hurt" that Arsenal, the club that owns his pass, has yielded it to Atlético de Madrid in mid-2020 for a season.

However, Torreira, 25,

said he has a very good relationship with Diego Simeone

and at the Madrid club they behaved "more than well" with him.

"At Atlético I am more than proud. There is more than a month and a half of competition left. Hopefully I can finish this year with Atlético lifting the League," he remarked.

"It is not a hasty decision.

I had to leave when I was 17 years old, I was always away from my family. The town throws me, being with my family, it hurts when I am away, when I am alone

. This last birthday I spent alone", exemplified.

"I have to live this situation, see my dad destroyed by the loss of mom. That breaks my soul," he said.

Viviana Di Pascua Acosta, the player's mother,

died in Salto at dawn on Tuesday from covid-19 at age 53

.

Torreira has been in Uruguay for several days, after her club gave her permission to move due to the worsening of her mother's condition.

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