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The 27-year-old talks about team spirit heading into the upcoming double-game of matches.
Arsenal’s new signing Thomas Partey has been impressed by the intense competition for a starting spot at the Ghana camp ahead of the upcoming friendlies against Mali and Qatar.
Following his transfer to Arsenal from the Premier League from Atlético Madrid on Monday, the 27-year-old joined the Black Stars team in Turkey on Tuesday, before training with the national team for the first time on Wednesday.
Ghana will face its mainland counterparts Mali on Friday, three days away from a meeting with Qatar, host of the 2022 World Cup, on Monday.
“I feel good, I am very happy to be here again with the Black Stars,” reports the official website of the Ghana Football Association.
“About the boys, I think they are doing well, today I can see that everyone is trying to do their best, trying to win the heart of the new coach and I think it is good, we have great competition and I think it is better for the Black Stars.
“Today is not the first day of working with him [coach]You know that we already played with him and I think he is doing everything possible to make us comfortable and you know that we won our last game and we’ll see what happens against Mali and Qatar. “
The Ghana team in Turkey has been boosted by players such as French-born Strasbourg defender Alexander Djiku, England-born Brentford winger Tariqe Fosu, Nordsjaelland prodigy Kamaldeen Sulemana and Amiens midfielder Emmanuel Lomotey, who have all been invited. for the first time.
Friday’s game is scheduled to test Ghana’s preparations for the resumption of the 2022 African Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers in November.
“We are having good competition in the team, all the guys are training well.
“I think this will help the team to improve, everyone will be on their feet trying to win the coach’s heart and also give more pressure to those who think they are comfortable, it will give them energy to stand on tiptoe to fight.” to keep his place on the team.
“I am very happy; we have a lot of quality players in the team. There are so many Ghanaian players who are good, but we can’t all be here. Fortunately, we are here because we win the heart of the coach. And I think it’s a good place to show what what we have.
“We have to do our best to make sure we win all of our games like we did before against South Africa and Sao Tome and Principe and with this we will also recover the hearts of many Ghanaians.”
In his last time with the national team, Partey was right when Ghana beat South Africa 2-0 in the Afcon playoffs in November 2019.
Source: Goal
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