Thomas Partey appeared to have suffered a setback during Arsenal’s match against Brentford at the weekend, raising concerns about his availability for the club’s crucial Champions League fixture against Real Madrid in midweek.
The Ghanaian midfielder has been a vital contributor to Mikel Arteta’s side in recent weeks, delivering standout performances in both domestic and European competitions. He was particularly impressive in Arsenal’s commanding win over Real Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final and followed that with another strong display against Brentford, in which he was even deployed as a right back and managed to score.
Despite his contract expiring in the summer, Partey remains an important part of the Gunners’ setup, and supporters will be concerned about his fitness ahead of the second leg in Spain. With Arsenal holding a significant advantage, the presence of experienced and in-form players such as Partey could prove decisive in securing progression to the semi-finals.
Given the quality of Real Madrid’s midfield, the Ghanaian’s physicality and tactical intelligence would be invaluable in helping Arsenal navigate what is likely to be a fiercely contested encounter. Understandably, there is hope within the Arsenal camp that Partey will be fit in time for the trip to the Santiago Bernabéu.
An early update on Partey’s condition was provided by journalist Charles Watts, who shared his understanding of the situation via his YouTube channel.
“From my understanding, and it’s very, very early days, initially is that it’s precatuition and there isn’t too much concern that it’s going to affect him playing against Real Madrid in midweek.”
He added, “But yes, my understanding and very initial prognosis of why Thomas Partey went off is that he felt something a little bit worrying and they didn’t want to take any chances.”
While the initial reports seem relatively positive, the full extent of the issue remains unclear. Arsenal will be monitoring Partey closely in the coming days, and fans will undoubtedly be hoping he recovers swiftly. His potential absence would be a significant blow, as he has proven to be one of the team’s most reliable and influential figures in recent weeks.
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One could argue man to man Thomas Partey was superior to the 40 year old Modric from the grave yard of talents.
His potential absence would be a significant blow for the gaffer.
Thr Ghanaian international was instrumental in Arsenal dominant first leg performance against the cemetery of talents, in that match, he completed over 94% of his passes and was a constant defensive with six recoveries, won battles of duels and came out on top in almost all defensive actions.
He followed that up with another impressive display against Brentford with a marauding run and score, now one could argue in a came that had nothing riding on it, Arsenal would have better served to rest the world class player for the big one coming up.
In retrospect, no other team members would have known the opposition in the Spanish capital better than Partey, the culture, the terrain or that patch of grass than his years of doing battle with the reining champion surely Wednesday would have provided the perfect opportunity to settle his long time rivalry, surely no player would be more motivated as the Ghanaian international as we saw in London last week.
He is so important to this team. Until he starts to lack the stamina, lose sharpness, I don’t see why we should look at shipping him off due to his age.
I would give him another 2 year contract, if he wants to stay. It is worth keeping him and possibly not getting as much for him in the future because of age. He is too important to the team currently.
Partey is irreplaceable.
Our style of play will surely change whenever he leaves.
Let’s hope our Manager fully recognises the utter folly of letting a truly World Class performer leave for free.Perhaps I am doing him a disservice and he is in the process of negotiating a contract extension which will keep TP on board for at least another season.I sincerely hope so.There can be little doubt that we will need a replacement for Jorjinho and quality competition for Odegaard,but it will be well nigh impossible to find another central midfielder with skills to match those displayed by TP.
He’s not World class
He is world class.
Because of is constant injuries arsenal weren’t able to get the best out of him. and that’s why they are relactant to over him new contract,so i guess this is his last season at arsenal and currently arsenal need a striker more than a Midfielder because Lewis Skelly and Mikel Merino will cover that CM position as well as Havertz who is mostly likely to be shifted back to his familiar position attacking Midfield.
Thomas Partey is among the best in the world. He is of highest quality of standard and the difficulty in getting his replacement is testament to that.
That is top class.