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Thomas Partey - the footballer

KingslandBarge

speechless, keen for confirmation
Edit: probably a pisstake rumour from Sunday's oppo.

Sicario2 - Tier 1

Yesterday?

Arsenal just posted on their twitter training pics from today and Partey was on them….unless he got injured in today’s training but that means yesterday rumour was horseshit.

Don’t know what to believe

Come to think of it, even if he is actually injured how can anyone, let alone some kid on twitter, assess he is out for 3 months exactly?

lorddulaarsenal

If he is injured. One word

BALLBAGS

Sicario2 - Tier 1

JazzG

Bro this is a fake account

JazzG

lol, fucking hell I usually more attention to this.

Burnwinter

Surely has to be bullshit, you don't know an injury has a player out for three months right as it happens.

HomeSteak

Confirmed. At least Arteta won't be able to play that formation from hell. Partey cannot be counted on, should been replaced.

Sicario2 - Tier 1

Should have sold him when we had the chance.

Our season is not looking good boys.

Clrnc

At least we need to play proper defenders now and Arteta can't thinker and fuck around

lorddulaarsenal

Clrnc time to unveil the mind boggling all conquering inverting Cedric

DiabyKungFu

Clrnc At least we need to play proper defenders now

We're just going to play Zinchenko.

Big Willie

Gabriel back in the team. Silver linings and whatnot.

Sicario2 - Tier 1

Apparently Partey got injured on Wed. So we had 3 days to do something about it. At the minimum you don’t let Sambi or Holding exit.

I think we deserve this to be honest. Never learn.

Big Willie

Sicario2 - Tier 1 Apparently Partey got injured on Wed. So we had 3 days to do something about it. At the minimum you don’t let Sambi or Holding exit.

Doubt it. He was in the training video from yesterday. Unless thata footage from a few days ago.

DiabyKungFu

This is exactly why the whole idea of "We cannot possibly accept any deal for Thomas Partey for less than £50m" was kinda silly. Being great whenever you show up doesn't count for a whole lot when you're 30 years old and are already a part-time player.

JazzG

Man tomorrow is gonna be a proper meltdown if we lose and it is confirmed he is out for long term.

DiabyKungFu He also looks like he has lost a yard, saw several times last season players just run off him easily and he can't recover. I do think any offer in excess of £35m we would have considered and possibly made a move for Lavia. As usual got shit offers which the club probably didn't think were worth considering.

Gazza M

JazzG yep. he's lost his burst. he could probably do a job as a sitting midfielder, but he would've lost a big part of what made him unique. this window was too soon to get rid of him, as losing both him and xhaka would've been too much. it does feel like we should begin phasing him out now. getting rice in was huge in that sense

Coombs

Blessing in disguise

Burnwinter

Gazza M this window was too soon to get rid of him, as losing both him and xhaka would've been too much

This'll be my one and only "I told you so" on this question.

We should've sold Partey for football reasons. Been saying as much for months, he's begun his physical decline, and I predicted this muscle injury, and made the argument partly based on it. Last season's injury free run was an outlier. This has been seen a mile off.

Gazza M

maybe, but I still think it would've been a very aggressive move to sell both him and xhaka in one window. my opinion is coloured by the fact i didn't think rice was the right fit to replace his role as a 6. I think if the right offer arrived the club would've seriously considered selling though

Burnwinter

Gazza M There were offers from Italy and the SPL, Partey allegedly preferred the former ...

During preseason Arteta's seemingly made the decision to retain the player for the reasons you point out, but if so that decision was a bit in denial about these downside risks.

Maybe—again, from a football perspective—Partey will contribute later in the season. And at least it should settle some of the problems with the selection, unless it leads to something even more contorted.

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