Thomas Partey is believed to have boarded a plane to London to complete his transfer to Arsenal after the Gunners informed La Liga that they would cause the Forty-five million pound clause of the Ghana international.
Atletico refused to negotiate with the Gunners because they needed to lose their key field center.
But the Spanish national team impotent to prevent Mikel Arteta’s team from reaching an agreement due to its exit clause.
Partey faces an anti-time race to reach Arsenal’s offices and signal the registration bureaucracy before the 11 p. m. deadline tonight.
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Transfer Fabrizio Romano tweeted: “Thomas Partey is now flying to London!
Atletico Madrid’s board won Arsenal’s notification an hour ago for Thomas.
“The AFC is about to provoke the 50 million euro clause tonight, a race contrary to time thenArray. . Here we go.
“The Atleti will close the Torreira agreement. “
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Paul Merson, a former Arsenal star, believes his former club has achieved a coup d’eer in the Partey primaries.
“I think he’s a very sensible player,” he said.
“What he also brings is discipline. He played for Atlético de Madrid, which is the highest discipline team in Europe.
“He’s not a midfielder who runs and thinks where he is, he’s very disciplined, he plays on a disciplined team.
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“I think he’d be a smart signatory. I love what Arteta does, check to get rid of the players who are involved, I need them to hang out. Fair play. “
He added: “There is an identity with Arsenal, you know what they are going to do.
“I think they exaggerate a little bit, but when you bring as Partey and Ceballos, I like what they do.
“I Arteta is very good, and I’ll say it, Man City lacks Arteta. “
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