Thomas Partey ready to return for Arsenal after five months out due to thigh injury… with midfielder set to be named in squad for Monday’s clash against Sheffield United
- Thomas Partey returned to training last week after recovering from injury
- He has not featured since playing 15 minutes against Man City last October
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Mikel Arteta will welcome Thomas Partey back to his Arsenal squad for the first time since October against Sheffield United on Monday evening.
Partey has not featured for the Gunners since playing 15 minutes against Manchester City last October due to a thigh injury, but returned to training ahead of last week’s win over Newcastle United.
“Thomas had a session before the last game and now he’s had two or three sessions in a row, so he should be in the squad on Monday,” says A.said rteta.
But the Gunners boss says he will have to wait and see if defensive duo Oleksandr Zinchenko and Takehiro Tomiyasu can also return, adding: ‘It is possible, but we have to wait and see, especially the last two sessions we have done. to have.’
Long-term absentee Jurrien Timber has also returned to training after suffering a cruciate ligament injury in the first game of the Premier League season against Nottingham Forest, but Arteta says it will be too early for him to return on Monday.
Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey has returned to training after recovering from a thigh injury
Partey has not featured for the Gunners since playing 15 minutes against Man City last October
“He was a delight, the physios and the medical staff were really happy with his attitude and his effort and the way things went,” Arteta said.
“The way he commits, how determined he is, his willingness to go above and beyond in everything that’s expected of him, and he’s in a really good place.
‘Now we have to manage him because he is in the final stages of that difficult injury.’
