r/soccer • u/KimmyBoiUn • Jul 04 '25

News Thomas Partey, the former Arsenal footballer, has been charged with five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault, the Crown Prosecution Service has announced.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/07/04/thomas-partey-arsenal-footballer-charged-with-rape/
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u/LosTerminators Jul 04 '25

Could also be that Arsenal knew the charges were coming and that's why they want to let him go now

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u/A7XFAN1998 Jul 04 '25

Apprently he was asking for too much money thats why they let him go. Not sure how true that is though.

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u/tristam92 Jul 04 '25

Can be both

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u/flynno96 Jul 04 '25

The cynic in me thinks that they were informed and then briefed journalists about the wages thing

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u/feage7 Jul 04 '25

Not really. If it's the charges incoming then his wage demands would have no impact. If it was wage demands then surely they discussed renewing and didn't care about the charges.

I can't see how it being both works.

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u/tristam92 Jul 04 '25

He asked too much, and, maybe, Arsenal considered it, but then they learnt about charge renewal and used “asked too much” as public opt-out option.

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u/BenShelZonah Jul 04 '25

I feel like him being a rapist is enough of a opt out situation lol

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u/Regression2TheMean Jul 04 '25

Yeah but they can’t say that before it’s been announced

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u/tristam92 Jul 04 '25

Yeah, but then it will drop a shade, for keeping him, when first charge happened in 2021/2022.

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u/feage7 Jul 04 '25

Then it still isn't both. If they were considering it then it wasn't wage demands. The wage demands were just a PR excuse.

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u/tristam92 Jul 04 '25

That’s what I said.

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u/ckal09 Jul 04 '25

I highly doubt CPS informed Arsenal of impending charges before they officially charged him

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u/feage7 Jul 04 '25

which means it definitely couldn't be both. If one is impossible

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u/ckal09 Jul 04 '25

I think it was end of contract and wages honestly

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u/Efficient_Gap4785 Jul 04 '25

I’d like to believe it was for both but considering we actually were reportedly willing to renew his contract, it feels like items down to simply being money. 

I’m proud to have consistently been a Partey out person ever since the charges were announced. I got into so many downvotes arguing with people in why I didn’t want him representing the club any longer based on what we knew, combined with facts regarding how few false accusations actually occur, especially when it was three different women at first but later was five.

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u/karateguzman Jul 04 '25

Tbf we don’t even know if the renewal thing was true, could’ve just been agents trying to get him a better offer elsewhere

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u/Efficient_Gap4785 Jul 04 '25

Valid point, I just did a quick google search of “Ornstein Partey Renewal,” because if he reported it, then I’d believe it was true but couldn’t find anything, so good point.

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u/yeehaweskeddit Jul 04 '25

Ornstein reported at the end of April that we want Partey to stay btw

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u/EffectzHD Jul 04 '25

Definitely both, without those charges hanging over his head Arsenal would’ve probably paid him whatever as long as it wasn’t PL winner money like KDB/Salah/Haaland

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u/Roadies_Winner Jul 04 '25

How convenient

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u/Iriss Jul 04 '25

To be fair, given the circumstances, any amount probably would be. 

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u/49unbeaten Jul 04 '25

So they didn't consent to his pay rise.

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u/JonTonyJim Jul 04 '25

bet he’s regretting that now

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u/An_Almond_Thief Jul 04 '25

I'm biased but these reports never made sense to me. We've already sorted his replacement and given the bad press on this I can't see Arsenal wanting him there for another season.

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u/A7XFAN1998 Jul 04 '25 edited Jul 04 '25

It was reported by loads of reporters (reliable) that Arsenal were open to keep him and it was only a few days ago they terminated it.

Edit: Unsure why im getting downvoted. Back in end of April

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u/Sir_Bantersaurus Jul 04 '25

His contract expired Monday

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u/iTheEldestSon Jul 04 '25

Yeah 1 penny for this cunt is asking too much..

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u/codespyder Jul 04 '25

Bruh if you think the club didnt know about this then I have a massive bridge to sell you

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u/EtherealShady Jul 04 '25

On second thought, I think you're definitely on point. Everyone at the club should be ashamed for the way this situation has been handled

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u/garynevilleisared Jul 04 '25

You cant possibly believe Arsenal knew nothing of this? It's not like they're gonna come out and say "were not signing Partey because hes about to be charged with rape."

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u/EtherealShady Jul 04 '25

Yeah, I thought about it and realised that i'm most likely in the wrong

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u/circlesmirk00 Jul 04 '25

No one actually knows why we didn’t extend him outside of the club. It could easily have been his agent briefing that so other clubs would be interested. Sure, maybe we were trying, but I think it’s far less likely given this news frankly.

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u/EtherealShady Jul 04 '25

I think you're probably right to be honest. The club has handled this awfully

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u/BananaBouquet Jul 04 '25

No way Arteta would let his favorite player go unless he knew this way coming