Arsenal sent a physio to accompany Thomas Partey for international duty with Ghana to avoid getting injured when he returns.
Considering his fitness history, the Gunners were taking the proper steps to ensure they keep their star man healthy, but it seems it hasn’t worked the trick.
A report in The Sun reveals Partey was ruled out of Ghana’s second game against Angola because of injury.
The midfielder played in the initial fixture, which they won 1-0. However, he missed the 1-1 draw yesterday.
After the game, their national team manager Chris Hughton confirmed, per the same report, that he was unused because he had an injury.
He said: “Thomas has a small injury issue and we felt it was too big of a risk to start him.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
Partey has enjoyed a good run of form in recent months and we need him to remain fit for the rest of the campaign if we are to keep winning.
Kudos to the Ghana coach for not risking the midfielder and we hope it is a minor fitness problem that he has suffered and not a major one.
Hopefully, our other players will return in top shape and be helpful to the team for the remaining games of the season.
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Partey played the entire ninety minutes in the first leg and was man of the match.
He remained an unused substitute in the second leg, so why was he on the bench if he was injured.
Have never seen a campaign in the modern game without mind games.
Yeah he was on the bench but apparently injured..? Makes no sense
It seems to my logicam thinking mind, unlikely that as aprtye WAS on trh bench for Ghanas second match that anyinjury he ajust may have been carrying was anyting at all worth worrying about.
IF he were REALLY injured , then he would not have been an unused sub but sitting in the stand or in the treatment room!
Surely that is plain common sense, even though THAT would NOT be a story, which is IMO, WHY it appears on JA at all!!
Because players don’t pick up/agitate injuries in training between games?
Ar Gooner Do please tell all what match Ghana played IN BETWEEN their first and their second intenational one this last week? Your post otherwise makes no sense whatsoever!
Remember, he WAS fit enough to sit on the bench for their second game , which tells me that he was not in any way injured enough to prevent him playing, IF CALLED UPON AS A SUB!
jf, ArGooner said training, not a match. Players have been known to pick up injuries in training, even serious injuries.
I am a Ghanaian in Ghana all i can say is Partey is fit the coach decided to rest him due to the bad pitch in Angola so it was precautionary