Arsenal fans are expressing their opposition to a report suggesting that the club might entertain the idea of selling Thomas Partey during the upcoming summer transfer window.
Since joining the Emirates, the Ghanaian midfielder has been a crucial player for the Gunners. However, towards the latter part of the recently concluded season, there were instances where Jorginho performed better when he replaced Partey in the starting lineup.
Arsenal is currently searching for midfielders and may make two high-profile signings before the transfer window closes. If this materialises, it could potentially reduce Partey’s playing time, leading to rumours that Mikel Arteta’s team might decide to capitalise on the opportunity to sell the former Atletico de Madrid player.
Nonetheless, The Sun has revealed that Arsenal fans strongly oppose this suggestion and have implored their team to refrain from considering the sale of the talented midfielder.
Fans firmly believe that Partey still possesses significant value and deem it a grave error for their club to part ways with him at this moment.
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Although Jorginho brings something different to our midfield, Partey is still a player we can trust to shield the defence and break up opposition play as smoothly as possible.
The Ghanaian will not lack suitors if we place him on the market, but it is a decision we might regret because a replacement for him might need a lot of time to get used to how we play to make an impact.
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That would be ludicrous, how could we sell our only world class player in the team.
He may be experiencing some female’s issues, hopes it can be resolved and as quickly as possible as he certainly seems distracted coming to the end of the campaign.
Our only world class player in the team?
Yes Goonstar Partey is Arsenal only world class player presently on the books , Saka , Odegaard, Martinelli and Saliba are good players on the verge of breaking in that group, but not world class yet.
Though there could well be an interesting argument as to what type of money it would take Arsenal to replace Saliba.
Hope the kid’s agent is not reading this post.
And how did you calculate that Partey is world class or the only world class player in our team?
What is the criteria that you devised to make you come up with such a condifent and definitive claim s conclusion?
So I will tell you why:
1)He dictates games.
2)When he’s on fire you can see clearly he’s at a completely different level.
3)He is a game changer
4)He often can take a big game buy the scruff and win it, ie Old Trafford comes to mind.
He has been doing the above before joinng Arsenal , there was a time Partey and a certain Varatti was rated as the best two defensive midfielders in the world.
Hard to comment on this in isolation. I love Partey and would not want to see him go for no reason. But he is 29 (I think) and if his sale allows us to buy Declan Rice AND Caseido, who are both investments for the future, I would be more open to it.
I suspect that’s exactly what Edu/Arteta are considering. Our potential defensive midfield pool would be Partey, Jorginho, Rice, Caicedo and don’t forget Elneny. Ben White has also played DM before. Rice, Caicedo and Jorginho would be enough players for vying for one position
Selling Partey would give us a chunk of money to put towards transfers. Add KT, Xhaka, Balogun, and a few others and we will have well over £80m to offset buys. This is all about the evolution of the team. Whilst it’s a wrench to allow Partey and KT to leave, all successful teams do this.
I feel like this Caicedo and Rice talk from our fanbase it a bit fantasy / FIFA video game excitement.
Rice we are talking about £90-£100 million talk.
Caicedo we couldn’t get for £80 million in January and went ahead to sign, re-sign and extend his contract at Brighton. Brighton are in Europe now and I don’t see them wanting to jeopardise their chances in there by selling their anchorman. We are now talking about £90-£100 million for him too.
So that’s about £200 million on two players. I can’t see how we can pull off such expensive signings in one window.
And on top of that we will won’t ever hear the end of “Arteta is a Cheque book, Pep’s / wannabe waterboy” from the (Arteta GrudgeStars). Then they will be demanding we win the EPL by 100 points, win the Champions league by 100 points, win the FA, Carling Cup and the World Cup to top it off. The unrealistic expectation from the Bashers would be rival a bodybuilder on steroids. 🤭
But back on a serious note. I can’t see us spending £200 million on just 2 players in one window. I might be proven wrong but I am a very realistic individual.
I don’t see that either (spending £200 on those 2 players) but there are other younger midfield players we can buy to refresh and upgrade our midfield. If I had to bet we would be lucky to get Rice and then spend 40-50 on an experienced 25-26 year old.
But with our transfer history, I don’t know what to expect. I am not even sure we will manage to get Rice, since we clearly don’t want to pay whatever is asked (see Mudryck) and there are some other big spending teams interested in him as well. And I am not even sure Rice is worth that type of money. I would almost prefer Caicedo but not at £80 mill.
I just feel like we all have this very kiddish / childlike excitement during the transfer windows (especially the summer window).
We look through our squad and decide what positions we think need to be strengthened. Then we will go “We need a Top winger, a top striker, a top DM and a top defender. And that will cost us about about £300 million.”.
Then we go into the summer window with our minds already made up on those transfers. Then we end up signing only one or 2 out of those 4 and psychologically it’s a disaster for us because we went into the window with such high hopes.
It’s playing Fantasy League (Dream Team) desires with our club. We love to imagine who we could get and how good it would make us, but in reality over the years it hasn’t turned out as we would ideally like it to be. So we will probably have to accept whatever is realistic at the end of the day.
Based on something @Gunsmoke told me yesterday, i’m no longer believing that Rice will be bought.
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We know that it’s fantasy football (fiction) but then at the end of the window we still end up moaning about not getting all that was needed in that particular window. 🤭
We then go into the season all deflated calling for the manager, board, DoF, and much more realistic fans to quit Arsenal as they are all seem to be fine with mediocrity. Forgetting we are not City, Chelsea or Man United.
The more I get older the more realistic become in the way I look at life. I am okay with being patient as long as I can see fight, desire, trying, progress and a sense of direction.
But most just seem to want it Right Here and Right Now.
The Wenger era taught me how to be patient.
You can’t build and furnish your house with in a week. Can’t strengthen all the weak positions in your team in one or two windows if you are not City, Chelses or United. It’s a slow but sure process.
That’s my mentality / attitude.
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Goonster – I very much like your style and the things you are saying. You sound a bit like another renowned and eminent contributor to this site.
I think all we can hope for is that we do indeed recruit well, pre-season and that the guys learn from their mistakes. It’s going to be much tougher for us next season, but like you I have faith in us.
You know when we are young one year or two years seemed like an eternity, but as the years go by time flies faster and faster. Next thing you know, 20 years have gone by. It’s incredible that we haven’t won the league since 2004, because it still seems like yesterday to me.
I suspect that’s exactly what Edu/Arteta are considering. Our potential defensive midfield pool would be Partey, Jorginho, Rice, Caicedo and don’t forget Elneny. Ben White has also played DM before. Rice, Caicedo and Jorginho would be enough players for vying for one position
Selling Partey would give us a chunk of money to put towards transfers. Add KT, Xhaka, Balogun, and a few others and we will have well over £80m to offset buys. This is all about the evolution of the team. Whilst it’s a wrench to allow Partey and KT to leave, all successful teams do this.
Selling Partey would be a massive mistake for Arsenal. He is an excellent defensive midfielder – you The Gunners cannot let Partey go unless they have someone as good or better to replace him.
On that topic, Arsenal are not getting Declan Rice. Arsenal are shopping in the 70-80 million/ 250,000 per week aisle. West Ham are going to demand 100 million for Rice and he is going to take a five-year, 400,000+ per week deal from Man U, Chelsea or perhaps PSG; who look to be retooling.
Caicedo is, at least, possible, but he is not the same kind of player as Partey. He might be ‘better’ as an all-around footballer, but at doing the job Arsenal need done, Partey is a must-keep, especially if, as if rumored, Xhaka leaves. Instability can be as deadly to a club (see Chelsea 2022/23) as underinvestment (Leicester 20/23).
Mateo Kovacic is available, as is Wilfried Ndidi and Amadou Onana. N’Golo Kante is also available, but he is a shadow of his former self. Reuben Neves is the most ‘Partey-like’ of potential replacements, but he will cost 90 + million. Manuel Locatelli might be available with Juventus’ issues around a point deduction, with Khephrem Thuram of Nice an up and coming player at that position.
Completely agree with your comments. I’d just add that rice is not a good replacement for partey either – might be a very good midfielder, just not for that specific role. I could see caicedo at least having the skillset required for the position, but as you said, it’s not how he plays now, and I wouldn’t spend all that money if there is a chance he’ll need time to learn it, or even a chance he can’t learn it.
I really think rice and caicedo have been considered for xhaka’s position – we know, as much as we can, that there is/was interest in caicedo, but i can’t say how much there is for rice. There’s a lot of smoke, but the cost might be unrealistic, as you say.
There were times in the season, Thomas was clearly one of the top 3 midfielders in Europe. I strongly believe his poor form late in the season had a lot to do with him playing through injury.
All those arguments, some make about age is a nonsense. You keep & appreciate quality.
I cannot believe Arteta would contemplate selling a terrific player like Partey,but,then again, he seems intent on getting rid of Kieran Tierney!
I’m only reading stories that our fans are AGAINST selling Partey, but none where we ARE selling him. Where did this nonsense start?
Partey may have been prone to injuries in the 2022/23 Season but make no mistake that he is a perfect distributor and a pressure-coolant who brings something exceptional to our performances. It will be hasty to rid in the Summer transfer window.