The Ghana worldwide met a dressing room of superstars and has now disclosed that he felt motivated after seeing strikers Falcao and Costa in particular person following years of admiring them from the again of his tv.
“I remember when I arrived they had players like Falcao and Diego Costa who I had watched on TV,” Partey instructed Arsenal.com.
“That was the motivation for me. I knew it was an enormous likelihood for me at an enormous group, so I put every thing else behind me. I missed my household lots, however I used to be capable of management my thoughts to concentrate on staying at Atletico and doing effectively.
“We had a number of different African gamers on the time, or French African, who have been my associates, however to be sincere I used to be actually shut with many of the gamers. I learnt a little bit of English, and will work together with my teammates.”
Partey spent seven years at Atletico Madrid, the place he had mortgage stints with Real Mallorca and Almeria, and later received La Liga, the Europa League and the UEFA Super Cup with Diego Simeone’s facet.
The 30-year-old then accomplished a £45 million deadline-day transfer from the Spanish facet to Premier League outfit Arsenal in the summertime of 2020.
In his 4 and a half years at Arsenal, Partey has received the Community Shield and helped the Gunners to return to the UEFA Champions League.