Mikel Arteta has bullishly insisted Thomas Partey is a ‘super important player’ for Arsenal and that he will not be sold this summer despite Declan Rice’s arrival.

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[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This could well be posturing to push his price up. Or it could be a distraction of some kind while they quietly work on bringing in a younger replacement. But purely from a technical quality perspective he'd be a fantastic backup for Rice, and his for rotating with Jorginho and Elneny for domestic cup matches. That doesn't take into account certain allegations and the awkwardness/bad PR of having someone in the squad with that baggage though.

[–] peneipenisini@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah I'd like to offload him before his personal situation gets worse, but there's no doubt about his quality.