The prospect of witnessing Thomas Partey don an Arsenal shirt again has been cast into doubt as the midfielder has succumbed to a new injury setback during his attempts to regain fitness for the club.
Throughout much of the current campaign, Partey has grappled with injuries, contributing to a disrupted season for the Ghanaian midfielder, who now finds himself in the final 17 months of his Arsenal contract. Initially anticipated to depart in the summer, Partey ultimately remained with the club, a decision that Arsenal might now be ruing given the recurring injury concerns.
Despite being regarded as one of the team’s integral players, Partey’s limited availability for selection this season has been a source of frustration for Arsenal. Manager Mikel Arteta, expressing the collective disappointment, confirmed that Partey has sustained a new injury setback, ruling him out of the forthcoming match against Liverpool.
The gaffer said, as quoted by Independent Sport:
“With Thomas unfortunately we had a little setback a few days ago.
“He’s not going to be available in the squad for Liverpool. We don’t know if it’s a few days or weeks. He felt something in a very similar area and he wasn’t able to train the last few days.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
Partey’s persistent injuries are a cause for concern and we have to offload him as soon as possible.
The midfielder is clearly not reliable enough to be trusted with minutes on our team, so he must leave in the summer.
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It is just a blip, often happens when coming back from a major injury. Our other midfielders are fit. Let him have the whole of February to ease back into fitness, so long as he is available for the run in
I wish that I had your confidence that it was just a blip
Where will Havertz play if Partey is fit.One must be injured throughout the season for some certain justification.
It’s all very well saying the club need to sell him, but the question that should follow is who and why??
Meanwhile, I hope this is just a twinge, as at his best, Partey is one of the best and I would love to see him play with Rice.
Ken, dont you agree with the many Gooners who, being realists, know that PARTEY is NEVER going to stay fit anymore.
His absences are now expected and he is over 30, ageing bodily and unreliable.
Like most Gooners I dont doubt his quality but quality is USELESS if you cant ever be fit for more than an odd game or two. I would try to offload him this summer and at least stop us losing more money on his wages.
We would get SOME fee at least for him and we SHOULD do that too. And what is more important, we WILL!
Jon one doesn’t have to be a “realist” to understand the problem, one just needs plain common sense.
So, using said plain common sense :
1. Who would buy an injury proned player?.
2. Why would they buy him?
3. How much would you expect any club to pay for him?
4. Why would Partey want to leave?
As a realist, these are the questions I would ask myself, while using my common sense at the same time..
It’s ok saying sell him but who who buy him with his injury record.? As much as I want see him play alongside Rice, I can’t see it ever happening now.
So, so frustrating, the Partey situation!
I’m suddenly filled with pessimism for our game on Sunday. Even though he has not played for a long while I was hoping that his presence in the squad would be a big lift to his colleagues on the pitch and offer some impetus to go on and win that game.
Exactly why he should’ve been sold at the end of last season! Value was still high and we’d gotten the most out of him already.
Yet another mismanaged asset
Who would you have sold him to and for what fee? And what would you do if Partey refused? How would you have replaced him?
To any club that wanted him which would’ve been a decent amount as he was rated highly.
For whatever the market decided the price was. Doubt you would’ve thought that far but at his age his value is less and less each month.
Its obviously discussed with the player first,very few actually flat out refuse.
Rice replaced him and then we should’ve bought a proper b2b midfielder.
Any other ridiculous questions? With your logic, no club would ever be able to sell a player
Eh why were there no club bidding for him?
How are we supposed to sell with no bidders?
Wow the power of hindsight lol
Selling partey and struggling this season would have the likes of you calling arteta out for Selling our midfield engine with him and xhaka gone.
It’s high time we cash on this dude, called Partey. Sustaining injuries without playing in the pitch is getting frustrating. God has really been in our side ever since we brought Declan Rice. And he has been consistent both in and out of the pitch for Arsenal. If he was prone to injuries Partey should have been sold this January transfer. No doubt about it. Rice, Saka, Saliba, and Gabriel are the rock for Arsenal’s development this season but all the rest have been average. We just hope we can get a win on Sunday to keep us on the tittle race. And hope we play this time around at our very, very best.
Good luck Gunners ✊
And see the exit during summer for Partey
Bring in Zubimendi from R. Sociedad
Look out for a prolific center forward
Next season Treble winners 🥰💪🏼
GREAT POST, apart from your fantasist last line!
Well,
He’s not been in the team for months so the remaining players have got to know each other pretty well and will have to just get on with it
Is Nunez fit?
Arsenal have been here before with a few players in the past (EG. Wilshere, Diaby) As much I really like Thomas Partey playing for Arsenal, the fact is that he hardly ever does any “Playing” so from a practical point-of-view it’s difficult to argue to the suggestions that he should be sold and replaced with someone that is expected to be available to play most of the time.
Just a little storm into a tea cup, Seriously now what kind of contribution were we honestly expecting from the world class player on Sunday coming off such a long term injury.
New injuries or not, chances are he wouldn’t get five minutes in a fixture of this nature.
Gunsmoke
If he was fit, wouldn’t you have expected Partey to play some role- off the bench for example?
I just disappointed that there is another setback which is hardly helpful
Surely SueP, the world class player starts for me every time when fit.
But his recent injury history dictates he must be wrapped in cotton wool and treated with kids gloves.
So I wouldn’t risk him in a game of this nature as he slowly returns, a more gentle introduction would be more like it