Thomas Partey put in an impressive performance for Atletico Madrid on Wednesday evening, as they went on to overcome Liverpool in the Champions League to reach the quarter-finals.
He was solid in Diego Simeone’s midfield, making five successful tackles, four clearances and four interceptions, while he also completed two dribbles.
Some Manchester United fans were already talking about the 26-year-old pre-match as you can see in some of the comments below, and many more joined in both during and after his display at Anfield, with one fan saying to “get him at this football club immediately”.
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The Ghana international has previously been linked with a move to Old Trafford previously, and the feeling among fans is that their club should be making a move for him in the summer.
He is a key man for Atleti, as is highlighted by his statistics across the club’s Champions League campaign this term.
In his eight starts, the midfielder has one goal and one assist, while averaging 3.8 tackles, 1.5 interceptions, 1 clearance, 1.6 key passes and 1.9 dribbles per game, while maintaining a pass success rate of 84.8% – indicating just how effective he is across the pitch.
The impact he could have on the club’s current midfield has also been spoken about among some fans.
One has looked at the idea of him joining Bruno Fernandes and Paul Pogba in the middle, claiming he can make that combination “balanced”, while another has touted him to line up alongside the Portuguese star and Fred.
The aforementioned statistics hint that he would be able to tweak his game to fit the midfield that is around him, due to how strong he is across the board, so could definitely prove to be a useful signing.
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