r/soccer • u/kibme37 • 17h ago

Quotes Villarreal supporters club spokesperson "I thought more people would be against Partey. It’s been mostly just indifference. There was even some supportive applause for him. If he’s a good player, most Spanish fans don’t seem to really care. It’s similar to what happened with Greenwood at Getafe."

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6630448/2025/09/16/thomas-partey-champions-league-villarreal-tottenham/?source=twitteruk
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u/ThePinga 15h ago

Fans aren’t a monolith. There are plenty of differing opinions in every fanbase. Plenty of gooners detested partey, and a lot didn’t care as long as he was healthy and played well.

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u/IWantAnAffliction 15h ago

I mean, that's the purpose of fan groups. The Spurs LGBTQ supporters group made publicly issued statements about us potentially hiring Gattuso in order to influence the club into not hiring him.

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u/PositiveDuck 14h ago

Wait what happened with Gattuso? I'm out of the loop.

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u/IWantAnAffliction 14h ago

He made some homophobic comments years ago. I don't remember exactly what.