Mikel Arteta Arsenal ‘will have to pay full £45 million’ to complete Thomas Partey transfer deal

Arsenal will have to pay Thomas Partey’s full £45million release clause if they want to sign him.

There has been alot of transfer speculation in the media over the past few months that Partey is the number one transfer target for Arsenal, that he is the man that Mikel Arteta believes could improve this Arsenal midfield.

Mikel Arteta knows that he needs to add some power and creativity to this Arsenal midfield in order to take the club forward over the next few seasons, and Partey is seen as a man that could bring that to the club.

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Many reports over the weeks have claimed The Gunners are eager to bring the Ghanaian to the Emirates but cannot afford his £45m release clause, and Atletico will only sell the 27-year-old if the clause is met in full.

That led to claims that Arsenal have made an offer of £23 million plus the out-of-favour midfielder Mateo Guendouzi, who looks all set to depart the club after falling out with boss Arteta.

But once again, Arsenal have been told that they must pay the full asking price for Partey if they want to complete a transfer deal and add the powerful midfielder to the squad over the next few months.

Look, if Arsenal do want to acquire the services of Partey then they need to be prepared to pay the money that it will take to sign the man, £45 million is not alot of money to land a top-class midfielder in todays transfer market is it?

Partey is a big player and signing him would show the rest of the Premier League that Arsenal are back in the game, but if they keep pulling out of deals because of money, they will never challenge for that Premier League title again.

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