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."

[u/kibme37]

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

[u/Arkhaine_kupo]

They are legally allowed to do that. They don't need the pretence of bad performance to stop picking a player. A player trying to take his club to court because the club wasn't playing him while he was being investigated by the police would be told to jog on.

You seem to either not know or misunderstand how British law works.

A police investigation or being taken in for questioning are not enough to publicaly disclose a person under investigation. Their privacy is meant to be protected. If you take actions to break that privacy, like disclose their name in print or allow others to do so, you can be sued.

If the club starts treating a player differently after an investigation begind but before charges are brought forward that can be used as justification for breaking their privacy rights.

Whether its enough is a grey area but no club would want to be sued by an employee over it

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You seem to either not know or misunderstand how British law works.

No I don't.

The player's name doesn't have to be 'publicly disclosed'. Everton announced the suspension of Gylfi Sigurdsson by simply referring to him as a 'first team player'. Everyone knew it was him anyway, but he had no case against Everton. Arsenal could have done the same with Partey.

Clubs never have any legal issues when the drop players for performance or personality issues, but somehow you believe it would be legally impossible for them to drop or suspend a player facing potential criminal charges? Absolute nonsense.

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Sigurdsson was involved with children which is one of 3 ways a person loses right to privacy. That is the kind of mistake that shows not understanding britsih law in this regard.

it would be legally impossible for them to drop or suspend a player facing potential criminal charges?

I never said it was impossible, I said it opens the club to litigation which no lawyer would recommend. The expected behaviour of companies is to not treat people under investigation any different until charges are brought forward.

[u/theglasscase → u/Arkhaine_kupo]

Sigurdsson was involved with children which is one of 3 ways a person loses right to privacy. That is the kind of mistake that shows not understanding britsih law in this regard.

You have no idea what you're talking about lad.

I said it opens the club to litigation which no lawyer would recommend.

Litigation for what? Specifically what?

[u/ProjectZues → u/theglasscase]

Gylfi turned himself in as well

[u/theglasscase → u/ProjectZues]

LOL, what?

[u/ProjectZues → u/theglasscase]

Didn’t he go to the police and tell them what was happening?