Arsenal left sweating over Thomas Partey’s ankle injury with Mikel Arteta admitting ‘it doesn’t look good’ for the £45m midfielder after being forced off in the friendly defeat by Chelsea following a challenge from Ruben Loftus-Cheek
- Thomas Partey sustained an ankle injury during a friendly defeat to Chelsea
- The midfielder picked up the setback in a collision with Ruben Loftus-Cheek
- He received treatment before being replaced by his team-mate Granit Xhaka
Arsenal have been dealt a blow ahead of the new season with Mikel Arteta admitting that the injury Thomas Partey picked up against Chelsea ‘does not look good’.
Midfielder Partey sustained an ankle injury in the first half of Sunday’s 2-1 friendly defeat to the Blues following a collision with Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
He received treatment on the pitch for quite some time before being replaced by Granit Xhaka.
Thomas Partey picked up an injury during the first half of Arsenal’s friendly against Chelsea
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has since admitted that it ‘does not look good’ for the midfielder
After the match, Arteta told reporters: ‘I just had a talk with the doc. He’ll have a scan tomorrow.
‘At the moment it’s not looking good because he was in pain and could not continue.’
It’s more frustration for Partey, who also missed a large part of last season following his high-profile move from Atletico Madrid.
Arsenal play one final friendly against north London rivals Tottenham on August 8 before their Premier League campaign gets underway against newly-promoted Brentford at the Brentford Community Stadium.
Partey (right) sustained the ankle problem following a collision with Ruben Loftus-cheek (left)
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