Arsenal star ‘increasingly agitated’ as fears grow after Edu reignites transfer interest | Football | Sport

He made just 48 Premier League appearances across his first two seasons at the club but did feature in 33 top-flight games last term. Partey was linked with a move away in the summer and Arsenal could have sold him at the right price.

A move to the Saudi Pro League was touted, while Juventus were also rumoured to be interested. Arsenal signed a new midfielder themselves in the summer, splashing out a club-record fee of £105million on Declan Rice.

That purchase immediately led to speculation over Partey’s future, as both players occupy the same position. Partey and Rice haven’t started a game in midfield together since the Community Shield win over Manchester City in August.

Partey started the first three games of the season but was deployed at right-back by Arteta. The Spanish manager has been warned he could lose the former Atletico Madrid star if things don’t change in the next couple of months.