Partey Was Not Sacked 😒

Reports reaching Matrix Sports says Black Stars and Arsenal star Thomas Partey has been sacked from camp over disciplinary issues. It’s said he reported to camp three days late. This is after he asked for two days to attend to some family issues. He was reportedly seen partying with Chlesea FC star, Callum Hudson OdoI, who is in the country for holidays. This is said to have angered head coach CK Akornor, which resulted in the player been sent home. Tariqe Fosu-Henry also suffered the same faith as he also reported late.

We contacted Fentuo Tahiru Fentuo, head of sports, City FM. He referred us to this link, https://footy-ghana.com/2021/06/black-stars-ghasting-tariqe-fosu-sacked-and-the-partey-absence-what-we-know/ .
The link says Tariqe was supposed to report with Baba and Djiku on wednesday, but failed to do so. He later appeared in camp two days late. This show of “gross disrespect” got him sacked from the camp.
Same link went ahead and said Thomas Partey wasn’t sacked as it’s made to believe. It says Partey reported on Thursday and had a meeting with CK Akonnor to excuse him from the upcoming “friendlies with Morocco and Cote d’lvoire”. His reasons were he wasn’t fit enough for the games. He left camp on Friday after dinner with the team.

As we were making our investigations, the Ghana Football Association issued a statement on Monday evening about the issue. Is says, “Thomas travelled to Cape Coast on Thursday to meet Coach Charles Akonnor over some personal issues. After the meeting which lasted for about an hour, the Coach excused him from the trip to Morocco – and asked him to report to camp for the second game against Ivory Coast. As the 1st Deputy Captain of the Black Stars, Thomas later joined his colleagues in training to show solidarity and support before leaving for Accra. The Arsenal midfielder will therefore team up with the rest of the squad on Thursday when the team returns from Morocco.”

On Tariqe, the GFA said, “Tariqe reported to camp Friday evening, after the sides training session in Cape Coast. Coach Akonnor engaged him briefly and told him that reporting late has scuppered his chances of travelling with the team to Morocco. The Brentford winger will also join the team on Thursday for the game against Ivory Coast.”

Matrix Sports can conclude that the rumors about Thomas been sacked are untrue. It was a cordial agreement between him and the manager to leave camp. He will join the team later.
Tariqe was given punishment for reporting late and will only join his teammates for the game against Ivory Coast.

Written by, YAQUB SHAREEF (maTRIX)