Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is hopeful Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey’s full recovery from a thigh injury is mere weeks away.
He said this in a pre game press conference ahead of Arsenal’s FA Cup Third Round tie against Liverpool at the Emirates on Sunday, January 7.
Partey was recently spotted working out for the first time since suffering a thigh injury just before Arsenal played Sevilla in Spain in the UEFA Champions League group stage. (Click highlighted text to read full story)
The former Atletico Madrid player has missed quite a significant amount of time due to injuries and Arteta is hoping he plays soon after making good progress in his recovery.
“Hopefully it’s weeks [until he’s fit again]. How many weeks it will be will depend a little bit on how long the next step of training with the team will take him, but he’s progressing well.”
Despite the progress shown by Partey, he was left out of the Ghana squad for the 2023 AFCON in Cote D’Ivoire in a move Arteta supported by tagging it as a decision that made sense. (Click highlighted text to read full story)
Ghana is in Group B with Egypt, Cape Verde and Mozambique.