Arsenal Name Ghanaian Midfielder Thomas Partey in Squad for Pre Season Tour of United States

Arsenal Name Ghanaian Midfielder Thomas Partey in Squad for Pre Season Tour of United States

Lukman Mumuni
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:06 PM
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  • Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey has been named Arsenal's squad for the pre-season tour of the United States
  • The Black Stars deputy captain missed Arsenal's trip to Germany for the pre-season friendly against Nurnberg last week
  • The Ghana international will rejoin his teammates continue preparations ahead of the new English Premier League season

Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey has travelled with his Arsenal teammates for the pre-season tour of the United States.

The 29-year-old rejoined his teammates this week to continue preparations ahead of the new campaign, having already missed the friendly against Nurnberg in Germany last week.

Arsenal released the squad for the pre-season tour on Wednesday with the Ghana international in the 33-man team travelling to the US.

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Ghanaian midfielder Thomas Partey has been named in Arsenal's squad for the pre-season tour of United States. Credit: Getty Images
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He joins Bernd Leno and Folarin Balogun as returnees to the squad as preparations for the 2022/23 campaign continues.

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Thomas Partey was absent from the team when Arsenal played Nurnberg in a friendly last Friday, but played against Ipswich Town in the 5-1 win in London.

The Ghana international joined the Gunners in the summer of 2020 and has since been an important member of the team.

Meanwhile, Arsenal will play play Everton in Baltimore before facing Orlando City and Chelsea subsequently.

Arsenal finished fifth last season, missing out on a UEFA Champions League spot to rivals Tottenham.

Thomas Partey's defence-splitting pass in pre-season gets Arsenal fans talking

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Thomas Partey produced an eye-catching pass to give Arsenal fans the needed boost ahead of the upcoming season, during their pre-season thumping of Ipswich Town.

The 29-year-old Ghana midfielder returned to action for the first time since April 2, 2022, after injury ruled him out for the rest of the 2021/22 campaign.

However, in a video posted on social media, Partey caught the attention of the Gunners with his trademark pass, leading to one of Nketiah's goals.

Thomas Partey resumes training ahead of pre-season

Thomas Partey has resumed training with English outfit Arsenal ahead of the looming 2022-23 season.

The 28-year-old midfield linchpin sustained an injury which forcefully ended his season but appears to be fighting fit and primed for the new season which kicks start on August 5.

In a post on Twitter, sighted by Sports Brief, Partey was fully kitted in Arsenal's training gear and was captured fully engrossed in the training regiments of head coach Mikel Arteta.

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Lukman Abdul Mumin is a Sports Journalist based in Accra, Ghana. He has been writing for the past five years. Lukman joined Sports Brief as an Editor for the Local Desk in 2022.
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