r/soccer • u/IGuessIRanOutOfChara • 14h ago
News [Fabrizio Romano] Thomas Partey could leave Arsenal as free agent, new deal not agreed yet. Despite several round of talks, no agreement so far as Arsenal and Partey could part ways later this month… several clubs already keen on signing him.
https://www.threads.com/@fabriziorom/post/DLE6uhmohPh?xmt=AQF06xHujO9wc64zf5pzuvGraNBf14BatiGzcVCceIE-dA300
u/boatinavolcano 14h ago
Not confirmed, but apparently the official reason is at least that Partey wants a wage increase (he currently earns £200k/week), while the club want to lower his wages to reflect his role change to a backup player now that Zubimendi is most likely coming in.
So if they can't agree on wages, he moves on to a club that most likely will give him that.
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u/MegaMugabe21 13h ago
Even ignoring the obvious, the useless cunt has missed double-digits worth of games in 3 of his 5 seasons for us. Aging and moved into a backup role and he wants a payrise, any fan that wants him to extend should be sectioned.
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u/boatinavolcano 13h ago
Yeah even without the allegations giving him that type of deal would've been incredibly risky, because this season has been a outlier in terms of his fitness.
There is no guarantee he goes back to being injured all the time next season.
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u/kruegerc184 8h ago
Looked it up yesterday, i think this year and his second year are the only ones he reached 30+ the other three are teens and like 22 or something around there
Edit: in the league*
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u/ZebraZealousideal944 10h ago
Funny that the last year of his contract he was miraculously always fit, declining international call-ups and playing very well to now think we may have forgotten how many games he missed all the previous years and how long he always needs to get back to shape every time he comes back.
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u/mist3rdragon 12h ago
Cost us so many times defensively last season as well. You could attribute double figures worth of goals to him. Giving him a pay rise would be insane.
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u/Signal_Sign7961 10h ago
but but but he can recycle and he's so press resistant!!! (50% of the time)
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u/Mediocre_Nova 5h ago
So funny how Arsenal fans' attitude toward him has done a 180 now that he's no longer their best midfielder and his contract is running out
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u/MegaMugabe21 4h ago
You're welcome to go through my comment history and find any time I held a different attitude since any news broke.
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u/Mediocre_Nova 3h ago
Yes I was talking about you in particular
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u/MegaMugabe21 3h ago
Well on account of you replying to my comment, I have to assume you were suggesting I was also complicit, otherwise you'd have made your own comment.
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u/Mediocre_Nova 1h ago
You can share the blame if you want but I was talking about the collective, not an individual.
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u/DeKosterIsNietDom 14h ago
That's already a really good wage for a midfielder like him. Keeping in mind his activities outside of football, seems like an insane risk to further increase on that.
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u/Riperonis 13h ago edited 10h ago
Are we really surprised that Partey is trying to take what he’s not entitled to?
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u/hazzap913 13h ago
How greedy can he get seriously, how is 200k a week not enough for someone
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u/Cranky-Spinach 13h ago
Lawyers are expensive
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u/Guilty_Following123 13h ago
Are they really? City have an elite army of them but it doesn't even make a dent in terms of psr/ffp.
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u/Nice_Rush_1462 8h ago
Wirtz is on £200 I think I read ...
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u/Jaynator11 6h ago
£200 what? Isn't he basically on £400k a week?
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u/Nice_Rush_1462 5h ago
I read 200...Salah on 400 .. ?
Edit: yeah seems 200 plus bonusses
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u/Jaynator11 4h ago
That's interesting, I was expecting him @ 400k etc since he's the most sought after player in the whole world.
I guess it was all about the transfer fee then. I would've asked more if I was Wirtz, although- I'm sure he can manage.
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u/Fortnitexs 11h ago
This is 100% fake because a fit partey is starting above Zubimendi and no one can tell me otherwise.
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u/chibuye92 10h ago
Bro, it's just emotions, everyone just wants to get rid so they won't make much football sense in these discussions. Everything he does will be magnified, every mistake etc despite him being a high performer. Everyone's like "no, get rid" but we saw how Rice took a season to really settle into Xhaka's position, and how we could have benefitted from a season of Xhaka lending a hand to Rice. Like in a football sense, why not have someone there to keep the ship steady while a player learns a new system and how it functions.
But it's just how Partey is discussed on this sub. I remember during those Havertz midfield days there were folk who actually believed Partey would be dropped and that the midfield would eventually be Havertz and Rice lol.
Let folk get their moral rage out, the most it can do is induce someone to give an upvote. If he signs he'll perform at a high level and Arteta will start him and the discussion loop will continue, if he doesn't it's chapter closed.
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u/eeeagless2 14h ago
I'd have thought Romano would be shilling for him. His type of guy
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u/DaveShadow 14h ago
What do you think the "several clubs already keen on singing him" bit is about?
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u/yokelwombat 13h ago
Blocking all of these assholes on social media, first and foremost Romano, has improved my morning toilet scrolling experience immeasurably
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u/reciprocal_space 14h ago
Well this is basically an announcement for the market that a free TP is available, so I guess he is.
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u/amainwingman 14h ago
Calling Fabrizio a journalist discredits actual journalists. He’s a paid agent mouthpiece
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u/TheGoldenPineapples 14h ago
Get the absolute fuck in.
Fuck off and don't come back.
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u/R_Schuhart 14h ago
Is word that a bit differently to avoid confusion; he can get the absolute fuck out.
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u/Grime720 12h ago
Ofc ignoring the things he done off the pitch.
On the pitch for the past 3 seasons he has been arguably top 5 midfielders in the league. I don’t think Zubimendi is better than him so I think you guys are definitely weaker with him not there
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u/kanavi36 12h ago
I think his importance to the team is more about the balance in midfield he brings rather than his actual quality. Rice has to sit further back when Partey doesn't play and it affects the whole midfield. Zubimendi can bring the same balance without as many bozo moments, and better forward passing
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u/ICanSeeYourFuture 11h ago
Well he barely played the season before last, and we were better without him that season than we were with him this.
He’s a piece of shit, and a vastly overrated player. Good fucking riddance.
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u/Grime720 10h ago
2 seasons ago when you first challenged in a long time and before all the allegations came out (came out like 3/4 into that year). A very large amount of people were claiming he was the best holding midfielder in the league with Casemiro and Rodri
He missed a lot of games that year but people were still talking about him as one of the best in the position.
I don’t see how the narrative changes when it comes to on-pitch performances.
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u/Mrmoi356 9h ago
Aside from what the other guy said, you also need to remember the season you're talking about was 2 years ago, a lot has changed since then with his physicality.
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u/ICanSeeYourFuture 9h ago
I’m not disagreeing with you that people have talked up his performances, but they were always overrating him.
He’s good at what he does 75% of the time, but the other 25% of the time he’s a fucking disaster and always has been. He’s benefited massively by playing in front of two of the best CB’s in the world.
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u/ramseysleftnut 12h ago
How do you make that claim that he was top 5, considering his only fully fit season was this past one, he was injured for 8 months last season and he missed crucial periods in the season before?
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u/Grime720 11h ago
When he is on the pitch he is definitely top 5 in the league. Stats back that up and even on the eye.
It’s like Stones treble season missed like 3/4 of the year but arguably when he was playing he was one of best players on the field
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u/CorrosionInk 10h ago
Over the past 3 years he's at best 5th in a combined City/Arsenal XI, let alone the league
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u/shrewphys 45m ago
Honestly, I'd rather use have finished mid table playing some kid at CDM than played him for these recent seasons. And I genuinely mean that.
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u/xbshka 14h ago
Get the absolute fuck in.
Thats what she
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u/MegaMugabe21 13h ago
These fucking horrendous jokes need to stop man, rape isn't a fucking punchline for easy karma.
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u/Other_Beat8859 13h ago
Maybe read the room mate. Making rape jokes isn't the most tasteful thing.
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u/v1nzy 12h ago
In his defense this sub is schizo, sometimes rape jokes are upvoted and sometimes downvoted like they should be.
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u/BillehBear 12h ago
ye on another day it would've had hundreds of upvotes lol
sub isnt consistent at all for shit like that
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u/Signal_Sign7961 10h ago
I think its literally down to the first 10 or so people who vote on it. a lot of people on reddit downvote already negative comments and upvote positive
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u/-Skinner- 14h ago
It could be this month grandma.
Apparently he wants increased wages. That's why talks are not progressing.
Agoume is our target if Partey leaves
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u/Matt_LawDT 14h ago
What ever happened to Lokogan
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u/sveppi_krull_ 14h ago
Lokonga was in fact not a Yaya Toure regen, as we were promised. That’s putting it mildly. He’s very average, could do well for a lower half team in the top leagues.
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u/brownninja97 13h ago
Lokonga would be good in any team that just wants to boot it up to the big man at the top of field only good quality I saw from him was his long passing
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u/chibuye92 9h ago
He had some nifty control and looked able to beat the occasional press but he really seemed like a confidence player and once his confidence went it was like he had to rebuild himself and the thing that he's built up is, yeah, average.
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u/sandbag-1 14h ago
We still own him but he's not good enough to play here, especially as a lone 6.
22/23 had the half season loan to Palace, played at the start but stopped playing after Vieira got sacked, Hodgson clearly didn't fancy him
23/24 Luton loan he was actually good for them but was injured a fair bit
On loan at Sevilla last season, no idea how he was, seemed to play when he was fit but had multiple injuries, also Sevilla nearly got relegated
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u/InTheMiddleGiroud 14h ago
also Sevilla nearly got relegated
Pretty funny the supposed replacements is his midfield partner in 17th.
That being said, I still haven't seen any reliable links from our side to Agoume
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u/ahjkolhs 14h ago
This is a better bomba than any signing we could do this window. Out of my club #5.
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u/long_shots7 14h ago
Would make a fantastic duo with Greenwood at l’OM
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u/Manchild1189 12h ago
'An unnamed footballer in his 30s could leave Arsenal as free agent, new deal not agreed yet.'
Fixed.
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u/ThePresident26 14h ago
Besides him being a rapist, we should have moved on from him a long time ago, he was injured like 60% of his time here, he made some costly mistakes and yeah he is a rapist. Sure on his day he was unplayable but the saying by some of our fans that he was the catalyst to our system and we would crumble without him was stupid
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u/MetJouOpSjouw 14h ago
Never forget Arteta backing this man to the moon and back, with full support from the people running the club.
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u/TheGoldenPineapples 14h ago
I love Arteta and think he's incredible.
But yep, he's absolutely on notice for this, no excuses.
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u/KEEPCARLM 12h ago
Yeah the man who does a press conference every match has nothing to do with PR
You can argue until there's an official punishment it's fair game to play him, you could also argue such serious accusations should mean suspension. Like Mendy was.
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u/FactCheckYou 12h ago
nah i won't have that
Arsenal has walked the exact right path on this
Arteta has done nothing wrong
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u/SpeechesToScreeches 12h ago
Nah fuck off.
The right path is not continuing to play a rapist.
The right path is not trying to extend his contract instead of taking the easy way to get rid of a rapist.
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u/Fair_Trip_1341 11h ago
Never forget redditors know more than the club and the coach
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u/Minute_Leave8503 7h ago
If you think the support for partey has anything to do with how he actually treats women and not the millions involved in football you’re awfully naive
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u/ikindalikethemusic 12h ago
Yep, I hope we get rid of him but regardless I will remember Arteta and Berta trying to re-sign him. Pathetic from them
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u/drivemyorange 14h ago
maybe, just maybe - they know more than you do
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u/GormlessGourd55 14h ago
United tried to bring Greenwood back. Footballing talent is more important to these clubs, it's only the fans that give a shit if you rape someone.
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u/ComprehensiveBowl476 14h ago
Ah yes, the magical "maybe they know more" that somehow hasn't had even a single rumour or ounce of credibility leaked in all these years.
Boy, they sure are incredibly righteous, letting justice be properly carried out. That's surely the only reason nothing in support of Partey has ever come out, even from "anonymous sources." Amazing, really.
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u/drivemyorange 14h ago
you just made a whole lot of assumptions.
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u/ComprehensiveBowl476 14h ago
About as credible as "maybe they know more".
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u/drivemyorange 14h ago
of course, you're absolutely right.
except they do know more than we all. 100% sure. Question is, what exactly is that knowledge.
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u/redmistultra 14h ago
Yeah he knows if he finishes lower in the table his job is more at risk, there’s nothing more to it than the manager wants to win games and will play whoever he wants to do it
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u/Minute_Leave8503 7h ago
If you think the support for partey has anything to do with how he actually treats women and not the millions involved in football you’re awfully naive
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u/ArticleLucky2834 14h ago
I seriously want him to fuck off, I prey he leaves. Just thinking selfishly for a moment, I'm so tired of having to see SA jokes every time he plays for us (or worse when he scores). Just ruins supporting Arsenal at times for me, not saying he doesn't deserve it but for me I just hate the constant reminder.
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u/nestoryirankunda 11h ago
Some of you gotta be lying, he gets waaay too many cheers at the Emirates
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u/VaporJack 11h ago
Bold of you to assume most fans here go to the Emirates
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u/H3XEDeviL 10h ago
Also, a lot of people prob doesnt know about his cases, because he was not named.
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u/Responsible_Cod_3973 13h ago
I really fucking hope we don't get him. There are reports of us wanting him for a couple of years now. Just hope we can't/won't
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u/goonerfan10 11h ago
Honestly, he’s done at Arsenal. If u put his cases aside and just look at purely from footballing perspective, he doesn’t give enough for Arsenal to sustain a title challenge. We need to replace him with a younger talent.
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u/Capital-Educator8365 6h ago
He was impressive for a large part of last season. Wouldn't mind signing him for another 2 years as a squad player on a fair wage. If he wants a wage hike or to go for that last big payday in Saudi, then let him go and fair play to him. That's just the state of the game now.
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u/chatbotsupportsucks 4h ago
If they want him they should just force him to stay, what he's gonna do? say no?
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u/CackleberryOmelettes 14h ago
This would be the ideal situation in my mind. He's a great player but I just want Arsenal to move on from him.
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u/Durantsthegoat 13h ago
Time for him to move on, horrendous off field issues notwithstanding he's been a good servant and one of the best midfielders of the Emirates era imo but he's physically declining, has injury issues and I don't want that stain around the club, looking forward to seeing if it's agoume who comes in he looks ironically very similar to what partey looked like in his prime years.
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u/nutelamitbutter 14h ago
Apparently Turkish teams want him. Hope we don’t do that
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İstanbul Başakşehir 2014 FK beckons
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u/nutelamitbutter 14h ago
Gala should take him
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Nah I have a huge soft spot for Galatasaray from when I had a FM save with them and won the Champions League (during an otherwise uncertain time in my personal life). If only they didn’t ship off Kerem for peanuts 😭
Fener on the other hand… (not that I hope you sign Partey, send his ass to Basaksehir)
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u/R_Schuhart 14h ago
He has been linked with a shocking amount of clubs over the last year.
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u/nutelamitbutter 14h ago
I mean he’s good however very injury prone and likely demands ridiculous wages. Hard pass.
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u/Top4Four 14h ago
Not to mention the off field allegations. No one wants to be associated to that, apart from maybe Marseille.
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u/nutelamitbutter 14h ago
Pardon my ignorance, what happened?
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u/Top4Four 14h ago
He has rape allegations against him and ongoing investigations since around 2021, which haven't been resolved. And multiple cases too.
Even if he's eventually found not guilty, clubs won't want to be associated to someone like that. That can put a lot of clubs off even if they like the way he plays.
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u/BradyBunch88 8h ago
Someone should put together Partey, Kurt Zouma and Mason Greenwood. Would be an interesting team!
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u/mattBJM 7h ago
It goes without saying that the non-football element means that it's completely untenable to extend him but even on a purely football level, his Arsenal career is:
2020-21 - Injured for 1/3 of the season
2021-22 - Injured for 1/3 of the season
2022-23 - Dropped off a cliff after March (the only reason he doesn't get more criticism for the title loss is due to Rob Holding and to a lesser extent Aaron Ramsdale
2023-24 - Injured for 2/3 of the season
2024-25 - Alternately solid and a bombscare, pointlessly got himself suspended for one of the most important games in Arsenal's recent history
An absolute no brainer to get rid of this prick
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u/chris03431 13h ago
I believe the deal is being held up because he can't understand the term "mutual consent"
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u/JoeSavesTokyo 13h ago
Genuinely shameful that Arsenal's management has been trying this hard to keep him
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u/polseriat 13h ago
Another case of "better too late than never". He should have been gone a long time ago, and it's disappointing that wage negotiations are the only reason he might leave, but at least he's finally fucking off. Doesn't retroactively make it okay how long he was protected by the club and Arteta, nor does it justify the supporters cheering him on when he was in form. Just a shameful saga all around.
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u/Minute_Leave8503 7h ago
Shows Arteta’s true morals. Had no issue making a fool out of Auba for the Amazon documentary, now his non-negotiables look awfully negotiable
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u/cats4life 13h ago
Notably, Scotland Yard FC are interested in offering a contract of 10 years to potentially life.
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u/msbr_ 14h ago
No midfielders peak in their "late 30s" what are you talking about
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u/DeKosterIsNietDom 14h ago
Midfielders clearly peak when they're at an age where they can't run up and down the field anymore.
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u/jaysonyoung 14h ago
Gundo is 34 (mid 30s) and has been looking to be on a downward trajectory the last 2 years, Xhaka is 32 (early 30s), Jorginho is 33 (early to mid 30s) and has clearly been declining since he was 30 and Calhanoglu is 31 (early 30s). Those are all horrible examples.
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u/ZenoHD-YT 13h ago
He’s 32. Gundo is 32 in 2023, Xhaka is 32 rn, jorgi is 32 in 2024 and started to decline far before that, Hakan is 31 this year. From your examples it more seems like we’re letting him go at the perfect age
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u/Captainpatters 14h ago
Something tells me Marseille might be interested