Izuchukwu OkosiThe technical team of the Ghana national team on Saturday confirmed that midfielder Thomas Partey has been released from international duty and will return to London as Arsenal prepares for the north London derby on Saturday against Tottenham Hotspur.
The midfielder was due to play for his country against Brazil in France Friday night but he pulled out just before kick off after complaining of discomfort in one of his knees.
Despite the situation merely being a precaution, Arsenal’s request to assess the player has been heeded.
Instead of travelling to Spain for a friendly against Nicaragua, Partey will instead return to London.
The Gunners who are atop the Premier League table heading into the international break clearly don’t want any unnecessary risks being taken.
Elsewhere, Martin Odegaard played 71 minutes for Norway as they lost 2-1 to Slovenia. He had been forced to sit out the win over Brentford with a calf problem.
Meanwhile left back Kieran Tierney was substituted with a head injury in the match between Scotland and Ireland.
The left-back had his head trampled on by Troy Parrott and required treatment.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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