Partey Won’t Start Every Game At Arsenal – Gaizka Mendieta

Ex Barcelona and Valencia midfielder, Gaizka Mendieta has come out to say that Partey can’t expect to play every week at Arsenal. He recently revealed that the Ghanaian must be ready to be benched sometimes because of the evolving state of football.

According to him, football matches nowadays will force quality players to sit games out, not just because of competition of places, but also because of the number of games to be played.

He added that football is clearly evolving, and Partey should be ready to evolve with it in England.

His words, “When you analyse football nowadays like in many clubs, there is not many players that play every single game not only because of the sort of competition within the team especially in big clubs like Atletico Madrid but also because of the number of games.”

“Sometimes players – even when I was playing, don’t really see that from outside and I understand why he felt he should be playing more often. I think, my guess is that he will be similar in Arsenal, whenever he goes to a big club he is going to be in a similar situation because football is evolving, there is not many players that feature week in, week out.”

“He’s got to understand that football is in that way now these days. Hopefully for him, there is no injury that will stop that progression and he is new in the environment.”