Arsenal Football Club

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Also Aubameyangm, Lacazette und Özil kann man ohne Probleme los werden; aber den Vergewaltiger nicht. Schöne Fußballwelt.

 

Der neue The Athletic Artikel - traurig zu lesen wie die Opfer von der FA quasi ignoriert wurden und auch aus der Arsenal Führungsebene gabs eher wenig Sympathie 

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“You can’t get away from Arsenal,” says one of the women who made allegations against him, referencing the huge impact of the Premier League club with fans all around the world. She watched him play knowing that this was a choice the club had consciously made; to let him play on despite the huge legal and moral questions about how appropriate it was for Partey to continue to represent the club. Partey, 32, left Arsenal on the expiration of his contract on June 30, having made 167 appearances for the club he joined in October 2020 from Atletico Madrid for a fee of £45million (now $61m). Four days later, he was charged with five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault. The alleged offences are reported to have taken place between 2021 and 2022 and relate to three women. Partey denies all the charges and his lawyer, Jenny Wiltshire of Hickman and Rose, said in a statement her client welcomed “the opportunity to finally clear his name.”

Every time Partey played for Arsenal, one alleged victim says she received online abuse. Sometimes it was directed at her; other times, it was people talking in general and derogatory terms about Partey’s accusers. “I would frequently get messages from fans,” she says. “They’d send me pictures of him playing or scoring… I would get death threats, rape threats, people saying they’d set me on fire. If he scored, for example, the abuse would be worse.” In this report, The Athletic can detail: In August 2021, Partey was reported to police for the first time. In September 2021, Arsenal were contacted by one woman to make them aware of the traumatic experiences she said she had with Partey. Arsenal were also subsequently contacted by the police to inform them that Partey was being investigated for serious sexual offences. Arsenal were aware that the Crown Prosecution Service — which decides whether cases should be prosecuted — was in the process of making its charging decision when they entered into talks with Partey about a new contract earlier this year.

Partey was first reported to police in 2021. The complainant’s next step was to inform his club of the allegations. “It’s Arsenal,” she reasoned. “They won’t just ignore it.” She initially wrote to the club’s safeguarding team, who passed her on to the legal department. Arsenal’s response was that they were following all the requisite safeguarding legislation, given she was not under 18. She also alerted the English Football Association, which gave a similar response and said her claims fell outside of the FA’s safeguarding remit. When contacted by The Athletic, the FA said that on account of the ongoing and live criminal investigation, it is not in a position to comment. In her dialogue with Arsenal, which took place over phone and email, she occasionally felt that those she engaged with — including some of the club’s senior figures — did not show an appropriate degree of sympathy. Arsenal were later informed by the Metropolitan Police that Partey was being investigated for serious sexual offences. Throughout the remainder of Partey’s time with Arsenal — and their contract negotiations earlier this summer — the club were aware that there was a possibility charges would be issued. Despite the club telling the alleged victim they were taking the matter “extremely seriously”, Partey continued to play for Arsenal — and was promoted via their media channels. In the days following her initial complaint to the club, he appeared prominently on a number of social media posts.

This continued intermittently over the seasons that followed. While Partey’s involvement in promotional and marketing materials did appear to reduce, his continued presence in the team meant he never disappeared entirely from view. At international level, he also represented Ghana at the 2022 World Cup. Arsenal’s stance never shifted. Partey continued to play a prominent role at Arsenal; when he was first arrested in July 2022, and when the case was passed to the CPS in December 2024. “It felt so disheartening… even when the police specified that they had made the allegations clear to the club, and how serious they (the alleged offences) are,” says one woman.

 

[themanwhowasntthere]

wie wenig ahnung kann man von einem verein haben und trotzdem permanent über ihn schreiben... özil und aubameyang ohne probleme losgeworden, na eh

bearbeitet Freitag um 08:51 von themanwhowasntthere

[Raul Gonzalez Blanco]

Schwieriges Thema. Ich kenne mich nicht mit den Details des Falls aus. Aber grundsätzlich denke ich mir, sollte bis zur Verurteilung die Unschuldsvermutung gelten. Wenn die Faktenlage allerdings eindeutig ist, sollte es auch sowas wie moralische Verantwortung geben. 

[themanwhowasntthere]

52m für einen Back-up Winger ist crazy, obwohl ich generell glaube, dass Madueke was kann. 

[schooontn]

Ich will den Gyökeres allein schon wegen den stündlichen Fabrizio Romano Beiträgen eigentlich nicht haben..

[themanwhowasntthere]

schooontn schrieb vor 14 Minuten:

Ich will den Gyökeres allein schon wegen den stündlichen Fabrizio Romano Beiträgen eigentlich nicht haben..

Ich allein deswegen nicht, weil er abseits der Freak Saison im letzten Jahr mMn absoluter Durschnitt und bei weitem nicht das Geld für Gehalt und Ablöse wert ist.

[huawaJ]

themanwhowasntthere schrieb vor 31 Minuten:

Ich allein deswegen nicht, weil er abseits der Freak Saison im letzten Jahr mMn absoluter Durschnitt und bei weitem nicht das Geld für Gehalt und Ablöse wert ist.

Sesko war auch kein konstanter knaller, wobei bei leipzig zum schluss vieles nicht gepasst hat.

 

Kaderbreite schaut aber schon wesentlich besser aus als letzte saison.

auf dem level kannst halt nur noch punktuell nachlegen und das mit viel geld/qualität. Wie bei einem teuren MTB - da kosten die letzten gramm auch am meisten^^

[oggy4tw]

huawaJ schrieb vor 2 Stunden:

Sesko war auch kein konstanter knaller, wobei bei leipzig zum schluss vieles nicht gepasst hat.

 

Kaderbreite schaut aber schon wesentlich besser aus als letzte saison.

auf dem level kannst halt nur noch punktuell nachlegen und das mit viel geld/qualität. Wie bei einem teuren MTB - da kosten die letzten gramm auch am meisten^^

Wenn's um Gramm geht wird's immer teuer