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Partey understood Arsenal were interested in him, however went to bed on Sunday night fully expecting to be an Atletico Madrid gamer this season.
The Gunners were greatly linked with Partey all summer season but opted for broke in the very early hours of deadline day.
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Partey presumably learned of Arsenals intents on Monday morning, with Marca reporting that the midfielder and agent could not have actually pictured that he had actually already played his final game for the La Liga club.
Parteys agent likewise made 10 percent commission from the deal.
All in all the Gunners splashed out ₤ 110m on Partey, accepting pay him ₤ 260,000-a-week for 4 years and handing him a ₤ 2.5 m signing-on fee.
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Partey understood Arsenal were interested in him.
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Atletico Madrid were apparently very dissatisfied with the method which Arsenal dove so late for the midfielder and prevented them from signing a replacement in time.
Diego Simeone was planning for a campaign with Partey in his team, and intended to play him along with Lucas Torreira.
Arsenal reportedly telephoned Thomas Parteys representatives at 2am on Sunday
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The Gunners, however, had other ideas, and chose this would be the correct time to get the ball in motion, according to Spanish publication Marca, via Sport Witness, and telephoned the Ghanaians agents at 2am, triggering whatever to alter.
Toolbox reportedly telephoned Thomas Parteys agents at 2am on Sunday – taking the player and Atletico Madrid by complete surprise.
The midfielder is then stated to have actually been put on the spot and made to make a decision before Arsenal later on activated his ₤ 52.5 million release stipulation.
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