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Arsenal fans have missed the influence of Ghana national team vice captain Thomas Partey as they come to terms with the poor start made in the Premier League this season. The Gunners were resigned to start the new Premier League campaign without Partey after the Ghanaian sustained an ankle injury against London rivals Chelsea in preseason.
Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey is down by one place on the list of the most expensive signings at the Emirates Stadium after the Gunners completed the signing of English defender Ben White on Friday.
Ghana national team vice skipper Partey became the fourth most expensive Arsenal signing when the North London club paid the €50m (£45m) release clause in his then Atletico Madrid contract to secure his transfer during last summer's transfer window. Ghana midfielder Partey was less costly than just three players namely Nicholas Pepe, Pierre-EmerickAubameyang and Alexandre Lacazetteas at the start of this summer. However, the Ghana international has dropped from fourth to fifth most expensive signing at Arsenal with the arrival of White from Brighton and Hove Albion.
Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi is back making headlines once again and this time around, the rumors have continued from where they stopped the last time. According to the reports this time around, Hudson-Odoi could be set to leave Chelsea this summer and is seeking extremely likely to find another club where he will play next season.
Two summer transfer windows ago, he was strongly linked with a move to German Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich but Chelsea's reluctance to sell him meant that he would have to remain in North London as the Blues insisted that they needed the attacker in the team.
Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey will join the rest of his teammates on Thursday according to the Ghanaian Football Association (GFA). The Ghanaian football body was forced to release a statement on Parteyon Monday following reports that the player had been expelled from camp by Ghana coach Charles Akonnor ahead of the international friendly clash between Ghana and Morocco on Tuesday.
The statement from the GFA has now confirmed the situation of things as regards Partey. It was revealed that the Ghana vice-captain was given permission to miss the Morocco friendly for him to attend to some personal issues.
While it's not always certain that a good player will be able to make an instant hit or impact after leaving a particular club and League for another, it is rather becoming a regularity to see even great players fail to live up to expectations. This has been the case of Ghanaian international midfielder Thomas Partey since arriving at Arsenal from Spanish La Liga side Atletico Madrid last summer.
The combative midfielder decided to quit Spain and left the Rojiblancos in favor of a move to the English Premier League to join Arsenal. After completing the transfer to the Emirates club last summer, the hopes of Arsenal fans rose very high. They thought they had completed a marquee signing and could not wait to see him start his career at the club.
The Ghanaian Premier League will see the second round of games commence this weekend at several match venues in the country. The league's players are all gearing up for this second round of fixtures which could end up having a huge impact on whether or not they have a successful season, and managers have continued to introduce several new tactics in order to secure victories over their counterparts.
The clubs close to the relegation zone know that this is a fresh opportunity for them to improve on their game and try to bring themselves out of such unwanted position. As for the teams atop the table, they know they must do enough to cement their positions up there and do everything they can to not fall from the top.
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has confirmed that the country will be introducing a League Super Cup in Division One, making it a new competition for the football league ahead of the 2020-21 football season. The announcement comes after some series of deliberations and meetings among stakeholders and other members of the association which underwent a prolonged process.
It has now been confirmed that every club that plays in the Division One will all be participating in the cup competition next season and preparations have gone underway to implement the necessary guidelines and strategies to enforce a hitch-free process.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has provided a fresh update on the injury sustained by Thomas Partey following the north London derby. The Ghana international was recently out of action for five weeks with a thigh problem, but he managed to return to training in the lead-up to the Premier League clash against Tottenham Hotspur.
As such, Arteta chose to play him from the starting lineup against Jose Mourinho’s side and it proved a costly mistake as he suffered a recurrence of the same injury before the half-time whistle. The Gunners struggled over the course of the north London derby where they were beaten 2-0 and following the game, Arteta issued a worrying update on Partey’s fitness.
Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey has hardly played for the Gunners since his big money transfer last summer. The Ghana international has struggled with a thigh injury for the majority of his time at Arsenal whom he joined when they paid the release clause in his Atletico Madrid contract last year. Arsenal paid €50m (£45m) to sign the Ghana midfielder to make him the fourth most expensive signing in their history behind the attacking trio of Alexandre Lacazette, Pierre-EmerickAubameyang and Nicholas Pepe.
Thomas Partey made his debut for Arsenal as a late substitute in the Premier League defeat at Manchester City. The Ghana player couldn't do anything as Raheem Sterling scored the lone goal of the game in the first half to condemn the Gunners to their second league defeat of the season.
Ghana top flight giants Asante Kotoko have recorded their first win of the new league season. Asante Kotoko had to wait for the matchday five clash with Legon Cities to secure their maiden three points of the new Ghana Premier League season. The game played at the Accra Sports Stadium on Friday night saw Asante Kotoko beat Legon Cities 1-0 at home. The Porcupine Warriors got the victory courtesy the strike from Osman Ibrahim on eleven minutes. Legon Cities subbed on Ghana football legend Asamoah Gyan in the second half of the game,but the former Sunderland hitman was unable to orchestrate the equaliser that would have given his team a point at least.
The win was able to catapult Maxwell Konadu's men to fourth spot on the Ghana Premier League table with five points from their three games. They are three points off league leaders Karela at the top of the table though they have played one game less than the summit recipients. For Ghana legend Asamoah Gyan and Legon Cities, the slim loss means that they are still waiting for their first win of the season in the Ghana Premier League this term after five games.
