{"id":44360,"date":"2025-08-07T16:01:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T16:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=44360"},"modified":"2025-08-07T16:01:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T16:01:21","slug":"thomas-partey-joins-villareal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/thomas-partey-joins-villareal\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Partey joins Villareal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Villarreal, who have announced the signing of Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Bechem United announce signing of former Man City winger Aminu Mohammed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/bechem-united-announce-signing-of-former-man-city-winger-aminu-mohammed\/\">Bechem United announces the signing of former Man City winger Aminu Mohammed<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Partey, 32, has undergone a medical and has signed a two-year deal with the Spanish club through to 2027.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">El Villarreal CF y <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Thomaspartey22?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Thomaspartey22<\/a> han alcanzado un acuerdo para que el futbolista ghan\u00e9s se vincule al conjunto groguet de cara a la presente temporada 2025-26. <\/p>\n<p>El jugador se sumar\u00e1 a la din\u00e1mica del equipo a partir de ma\u00f1ana en la Ciudad Deportiva. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q7XVRHUXvR\">pic.twitter.com\/q7XVRHUXvR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Villarreal CF (@VillarrealCF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VillarrealCF\/status\/1953479423774056625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Ghana international&#8217;s contract with Arsenal was not extended aft<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">er both parties failed to conclude the contract terms.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a title=\"Ebenezer Annan joins Saint-\u00c9tienne\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/ebenezer-annan-joins-saint-etienne\/\">Ebenezer Annan joins Saint-\u00c9tienne<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Partey has been a subject of intense court battles on five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault on\u00a0July 4. He denies the charges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE :<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Partey made 52 appearances for Arsenal during the 2024-25 campaign. He joined the club from Atletico Madrid for \u20ac50 million (now \u00a345.4m, $58.7m) in 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">featured for Arsenal in<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> 167 appearances, scoring nine goals <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">in<\/span> five years<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Villarreal, who have announced the signing of Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey &nbsp; Bechem United announces the signing of former Man City winger Aminu Mohammed Partey, 32, has undergone a medical and has signed a two-year deal with the Spanish club through to 2027. El Villarreal CF y @Thomaspartey22 han alcanzado un acuerdo para que el<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":44356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8417,3347],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-44360","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-ghplayersabroad"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Thomas-Partey.jpeg?fit=1152%2C1440&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-bxu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27070,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/official-arsenal-announce-signing-thomas-partey\/","url_meta":{"origin":44360,"position":0},"title":"OFFICIAL: Arsenal announce the signing of Thomas Partey","author":"Clinton Eleto","date":"October 5, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"OFFICIAL: Arsenal announce the signing of Thomas Partey English Premier League side Arsenal FC have announced the signing of Thomas Partey from Atletico Madrid after triggering the player's release clause on transfer deadline day. 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