Thomas Partey arrived at Arsenal yesterday after playing a couple of international friendlies with Ghana. As much as I'm indifferent to what's going on with the Interlull games, I was keeping half an eye on this – not so much about what he did in the games, but just to make sure he came through them without any injury. As you might expect, he has done a bit of media, and said all the right things, like: – How Mikel Arteta played a key role in his arrival. – The Arsenal players from the past that he grew up watching. – And how he's an octopus. Sort of. On the manager, he said: Arteta was very important. Him and Edu told me about their plans and it was so exciting, so I had to accept...
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