OFFICIAL: Arsenal complete the signing of Thomas Partey

Atletico Madrid were left stunned by developments on Monday, despite the fact the Gunners had been linked with a switch for the Ghanaian midfielder since the beginning of the window.

The player's lawyers arrived at LaLiga headquarters on Monday afternoon to complete the formalities of the deal, although his representative was then required to be present which came later in the evening.

Diego Simeone has been left without one of his most dependable midfielders, and Los Colchoneros are believed to be frustrated by the lack of notice given by Arsenal that this was going to happen, especially after being in close contact with them in recent days to secure Lucas Torreira's loan.

Issues regarding a contract extension at the Estadio Wanda Metropolitano first alerted Arsenal to Partey's potential availability, although his current deal in Madrid was due to expire in June 2023.

Partey repeatedly rejected Los Colchoneros' proposals as he felt they didn't value him highly enough, although initially he had hoped to stay with the club who gave him his chance in Europe.

Interestingly, and a key part of this situation, is the fact that despite being one of the most used players by Simeone in terms of minutes on the pitch, he was at the very lower end of the club's payroll in terms of senior players.

Juventus and Arsenal had been interested all summer, but it seemed as though neither were willing to pay the full 50 million euros required to prise Partey out of the Spanish capital.

This attitude filtered through to the player as well, who had resigned himself to focusing on the 2020/21 season with the Spanish giants irrespective of his dispute with the hierarchy behind the scenes, however Arsenal's huge effort on deadline day made this deal a reality.

Source: https://twitter.com/Arsenal/status/1313245492030181384?s=19

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Congratulations to all my Arsenal fans out there

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Congratulations to all my Arsenal fans out there

Meanwhile, I'm seeing this for first time in my life.
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These matches reek of fixing but I'm aure they weren't.

kpele o seer, shebi assnal will soon be whipped and you guys will be shouting assnal lives matter

Dis is gud signing for arsenal" Now gunners will be strong again


wellcome to Arsenal thomas partey

Good for them.....

Good deal

good deal, don't fall out hands partey after partey

Partey, After Partey, After Partey, After Partey...

It's a thing of pride to see an African player hitting the biggest headline on a transfer deadline day.. Some of us that watched Sky Sports news last night can relate..

African are now ruling the EPL.
Aubameyang, Partey, Pepe, Salah, Mane, Maharez. etc.. These are all top players in their respective clubs..

Also Aubameyang is only African player to be named the first team captain of a top European club in recent memory..

Good signing for Arsenal. I can't lie

Arsenal fans are Ghana Partey

Arsenal need to stop acting confused in the transfer market becos most times dey end up ruining things and spending more.. They had all the time in d world to get dis deal done or Aouar from Lyon. They spent over 50million to get d deal done on d last day and are going to b paying him 250k a week, almost 4 times what he earned at Athletico. And to make matters worse, Athletico will b taking Torreira for free and without an option of permanently signing him next season becos dey feel angry over Arsenal signing their player without informing dem atleast