Arsenal have reportedly given up on getting the best out of Thomas Partey.
The midfielder, who joined from Atletico Madrid in 2020 for a reported £45 million (Sky Sports), has struggled to string any kind of consistency together.
Although showing glimpses of the player who impressed so much while in La Liga, Partey, 30, has largely disappointed, and several lacklustre performances, as well as his struggles with injuries, are arguably responsible for the club’s decision to sign Declan Rice from West Ham for £105 million last summer.
And following a recent report from Football Transfers, which claims Mikel Arteta wants to trigger a one-year extension in Jorginho’s contract, there is mounting speculation that Partey could be made surplus to requirements.
Now, the latest in the ongoing saga comes from Fichajes, who believe Arsenal’s Partey is top of Juventus’ summer shortlist with manager Max Allegri keen to help the midfielder rediscover his best form.
Interestingly, with just 18 months left on his contract, and currently sidelined with a hamstring injury, there is growing concern that Parety may have already played his last game for the Gunners, and as such, the club are prepared to accept as little as £15 million for him once the summer window opens at the end of the season.
During his three-and-a-half years in London, Partey, who has represented Ghana on 45 occasions, has scored five goals and registered four assists in 105 matches in all competitions.
Arteta is not doing Arsenal well. He lacks what it takes to manage a big team. Arteta only want eleven players, just because of his self imposed poor rotational system. The worst is that he never learn: last season we lost Saliba to injury and that was the end of our title chase. In the past, when we use to loose Partey, that also use to end our title chase. Now that he got another defensive midfielder in Rice, what is wrong in rotating both Partey and Rice, and even sometimes, play the two together? Who told you that Rice is immuned to lengthy injury? Why is it that Arteta refuse to learn from his boss, Guardiola? People are erroneously blaming Arsenal hierarchy for lack of depth in Arsenal but Arteta is to be blamed. I can name nine to ten players that I’ll beat my chest and say that Arteta must surely start them in all his 38 Premiership games! Which big club does that? That was why Xhaka left – when he heard that Havertz and Rice are coming in, fully knowing his boss don’t rotate. Saka will start every single game, except if he’s injured or suspended. Of the 51 games Foden played at City last season, he only started 29. Your Saka is not better than him. Send Arteta to Man City now, he’ll pick his eleven and dump others into Carabao Cup. It will be a managerial incompetence if they allow him to push out Partey, all because he want Rice to play all the games. For your information, Partey is not injured. His injury is far over. All these are flimsy excuses to demonise him before fans and get rid of him, as he refused to be a constant bench warmer Arteta want him to be.