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Raul Stanllehi
Unbelievable signing, I can‘t wait for our next game!
Unbelievable signing, I can‘t wait for our next game!
Actually if you look at the career section and scroll right, it shows that he's never got a straight red in any competition, and only 5 double yellows. Four of those were in his younger years playing for Atletico reserves and Mallorca.Not to jinx it, but by checking his stats page, two things are obvious.
https://uk.soccerway.com/players/thomas-teye-partey/250434/
He has a ridiculous number of red cards, surely the PL refs (Dean, Atkinson, Oliver, Taylor etc..) will love dashing their cards on tough challenges he will make.
But on the other side, he is tough as a horse.
In a period of 7 years with Atletico, he was sidelined for a total of only 3 weeks
Arteta's words
That intensity and athletic aggression is something our midfield has lacked for so long that's finally been addressed.
Thanks for posting. Like that we seem to be a real draw for good African players. Arsenal must be a big club on that continent. Auba, Partey and Pepe etc. all must be big names there.
Really like that we have a squad of all kind of ethnic backgrounds. When the squad takes a knee before the games I feel proud to be completely honest.
The Ghana pun is a solid 6/10, could have gone with "Ghana dominate the EPL" or similar.
Good signing, don't think he's the world class Vieira replacement some think he is but certainly a great option to have.
I bet no one thinks he will be as good as Vieira, that would mean GOAT level.
People have just said that he is similar as in a complete, UCL level, midfielder who will start every game possible compared to our current midfielders.
"Great option to have" makes it sound like we a signed squad player.
Tbh I was referring to one of my mates who has been guffing on about Thomas Partey ever since we were linked.
re:bolded..I mean...its a squad game. I think Partey will easily play 30-40 games per year for us.
Weird that the Arsenal twitter background photo has changed to a pic of Partey, doesn't it usually do that for all new signings?
Think in a week it will come out that the deal didn't go through, right now Arsenal are just lying to us imo.
I guess he would be the highest paid DM in the world. And I thought we want to reduce our wage bill + it's always delicate to pay this kind of salaries because other players want also be paid higher. Compare United/Arsenal to Sp**s.How is that crazy? He has clearly been underpaid for years now. He is a top 10 midfielder in the world. Very versatile, durable and still in his prime. Wages shouldn't matter to the fans, so long as the player puts in great performances that elevate the team.
Also weird how underpaid Partey seemed to Atletico, Makelele was the same at Madrid back in the day and that's why they lost him to Chelsea...we even accepted a bid from Real for Vieira in summer 2004, but when Madrid offered Paddy the same wage Claude was on, Vieira told them to **** off.
Spanish clubs do seem to underestimate black players ngl...Barca paid Inter Milan like £40 million pounds plus Samuel Eto'o for Ibra in 2009 after Eto'o was their top scorer in a Treble winning season...very dodgy
I guess he would be the highest paid DM in the world. And I thought we want to reduce our wage bill + it's always delicate to pay this kind of salaries because other players want also be paid higher. Compare United/Arsenal to Sp**s.
Also a big problem is we are in a highly uncertain time and we are making hugh losses. And of course every pound you are paying in to a player will not be available for other fees/salaries.
And of course if it's not working out or he has an injury you have a lot of dead capital or he's impossible to move on.
So I thought he would be in the Willian/Lacazette salary bracket with around £150k-200k
I’m glad you said it because I really didn’t want to get into a commentary of race in football but unfortunately there’s a lot of truth in what you’re saying. I think black players are almost subconsciously or consciously rated as less intelligent or just dependent on their physical attributes. Pogba, Partey, Toure all have great technical ability but they’ll never be praised for their technique the same way Thiago, Kroos or Modric do. And in reverse a lot of non-black players do not get praised for their physical attributes too. A peak Modric had a very good burst and deceptively strong whereas Kroos has a good build and has good core strength.Also weird how underpaid Partey seemed to Atletico, Makelele was the same at Madrid back in the day and that's why they lost him to Chelsea...we even accepted a bid from Real for Vieira in summer 2004, but when Madrid offered Paddy the same wage Claude was on, Vieira told them to **** off.
Spanish clubs do seem to underestimate black players ngl...Barca paid Inter Milan like £40 million pounds plus Samuel Eto'o for Ibra in 2009 after Eto'o was their top scorer in a Treble winning season...very dodgy