this post was submitted on 05 Jul 2025
1 points (100.0% liked)
Football
159 readers
3 users here now
Rules
- No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia.
- Be respectful, especially when disagreeing. Everyone should feel welcome here.
- No porn.
- No Ads / Spamming.
- No piracy
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
None of us know what Arteta was referring to.
I just listened to the interview
https://x.com/footballontnt/status/1576208908850454528
Yeah, Arteta should probably do another round of media training, that was an ambiguous statement
https://old.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/xswv2a/bt_sport_arteta_on_partey_for_what_hes_been/
Not sure what everyone wants. Everyone wanted Mendy hung out to dry and he was innocent, career in tatters. Arsenal took his word and the lack of charges at face value. Even if he is found guilty, the club hasn't done anything wrong. Had he been charged and they didn't suspend him or end his contract, it'd be a different story.
I stumbled upon this article: https://arsenaltruefans.com/2025/01/arteta-under-fire-the-controversial-decision-to-keep-playing-thomas-partey
The balance is probably the issue, it's one thing to keep having play to avoid a Mendy situation, but it's probably another to keep him as a central element of the team as if nothing is happening.
In all fairness, we signed Zubimendi from January. The second half of the season, we were ravaged by injuries and had little choice, but we'd clearly made plans for after Partey.
Somehow I even missed that Zubimendi was moving to Arsenal