The Arsenal manager has spoken out about Thomas Partey’s numerous injuries while at the club. In his most recent press conference, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta stated how important the Ghana international is to his project at the Emirates, and how sorry everyone is that he has suffered a number of injuries since joining from Atletico Madrid in 2020.
Although Arteta notes that he now has a solution (presumably Declan Rice’s acquisition) for the void the ex-Atletico Madrid man leaves in his engine room, he wants him to pick himself up and return to continue positively impacting Arsenal’s season-long ambitions.
“It is a big concern because when Thomas is fit and available and he’s been part of the team, we’ve seen the results and the impact that he had.” The Boss told Arsenal.com. “This season we have more protection, especially for that reason, because we know in the last two seasons what has happened and the result it had on the team. We had to address that, and now it has happened.
“It can happen in football, and I’m so sorry for him because I think he is doing every single thing he can do right to be there. He was gutted, and we are for him, but he needs to lift himself up again with our support and go again because he’s a player that is critical for us,” Mikel Arteta said.
As Mikel Arteta makes these claims, there is considerable uncertainty about Partey’s future. Several reports have linked him to a move away from Arsenal.
Juventus has been heavily linked with his signature for the better part of this week, but we’ll just have to wait and see what happens with him. It appears the 30-year-old could still be out for sometime yet, as Arteta noted, “I think he will be out for weeks – I don’t know how long, but he’s got another appointment today and we will see more after that.”
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If only Partey could maintain a fitness level as Granite Xhaka, the former Arsenal man is yet to miss a game or lose a single match with his present club, only a matter of time before the questions starts to ask.
Yves Bissouma recently made a massive and bold claim why he’s better than both Rice and Rodri, interestingly, the Malian’s international did not mention the world class Party, a player that has out perform him many times in the middle of the park.
Do you actually believe Yves is better than both Declan Rice and Rodrigo how many goals has he scored in this season 10 games that has been played dispite Rice and Rodry being CDM they always find the net and i can bet that both will score 6 or more goals this season and some assist but Yves might score a single goal if he gets lucky.When it comes to Partey i this arsenal should let him go to Juventus this January it’s like the Abu Diaby /Jack Wilshire injury record is reoccuring
Ofcourse not, its good for his psyche, I like his mentality, no doubt his new gaffer has breath new life in him, and he starting to look like a class act.
Partey injuries is one of the strangest things have seen, have been watching this player long before he join us and he was an ever presence at Athletic.