Partey Out for Weeks through Injury

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has confirmed that new signing Thomas Partey is out through injury. Thomas Partey was replaced in Arsenal’s home lose to Aston Villa due to thigh injury.

The Ghanaian international was replaced at half time by Dani Ceballos as the Gunners lost 3-0 at the Emirates. And speaking after the game, Arteta reveals the former Atletico Madrid star will undergo a scan to ascertain the extent of the injury. He said: “We don’t know [the extent] of it.”

“We have to scan him tomorrow or the day after and see what he felt straight away. Let’s wait and see what the magnitude of the injury is.”
“I don’t know [if he will go away with Ghana now]. As I said, the doctor will have to have a look at him and probably scan him. Then we will decide what to do with him.”