Thomas Partey
Black Stars Head Coach C.K Akonnor has named 28-year-old Arsenal star, Thomas Partey in his provisional squad for the 2021 World Cup qualifiers, double header against South Africa and Ethiopia.
The Ghanaian international limped off with a right ankle injury during the first half of Arsenal’s 2-0 pre-season friendly defeat by Chelsea on August 1, following a robust challenge by Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
Partey had already been ruled out of the 2021/22 Premier League season opener away to newly-promoted London rivals Brentford on Friday evening with ankle ligament damage.
The team is a mixture of home based and others who play abroad.
The influential Partey has endured bad luck with injury since joining Arsenal from Atletico Madrid in a high-profile £45million deal on transfer deadline day in October 2020, featuring in only 24 Premier League matches during his maiden campaign in English football.