The 32-year-old was charged last month with two counts of raping a woman on a date in December 2020. It followed five other charges of rape and sexual assault against separate complainants last year. Partey was excused from attending a preliminary hearing for the new charges at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday. However, his barrister Emma Fenn indicated he intended to plead not guilty to both counts at a crown court hearing set for 10 April.
Casey will join up with the under-21 squad at Fulham, and it will be interesting to see if he can establish himself as a first-team player for them in future. The attacking midfielder is highly rated across the country, and he has a bright future. Fulham will be delighted to have secured his services, and they will hope to nurture him into a first-team player.
Mikel Arteta's side will be looking to bounce back after a frustrating midweek outing in the Champions League, where they had to settle for a 1-1 draw away at Bayer Leverkusen. Recent league victories over Chelsea and Brighton have allowed the Gunners to open up a seven-point advantage over second-placed Manchester City, although the reigning champions still have a game in hand.
You just have to go and talk to the dressing room to find out how much we value the position we have right now and how much we want to be in the same position at the end of the season. And that depends on us. We have to focus on what we have to do and maintain it until the end of the season.
Well, the VAR is never going to overturn a referee's decision to give a penalty when there is contact, and there clearly was. That does not fall into the category of "clear and obvious error". However, to say it was a soft one would be an understatement.
Right now Arsenal are 19 games from all-time status. They don't have to win them all. They may need only repeat their results of the past 19 games: one defeat and 14 wins. At which point Mikel Arteta's Arsenal would become the first English winners of the quadruple.
One of the biggest challenges they've got now is that the stadium's too small. They've allegedly got 100,000 people on [season ticket waitlist]. When we were building it, we were worried about 60,000 people!
