Ghana’s Thomas Partey, who joined Villareal from Arsenal in 2025, has pleaded not responsible to seven rape costs within the UK.
Printed On 26 Could 2026
Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey has been named in Ghana’s preliminary 28-man squad for subsequent month’s World Cup.
The 32-year-old is because of stand trial subsequent 12 months in the UK, the place he has pleaded not guilty to seven costs of rape and one depend of sexual assault.
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The costs associated to allegations by 4 totally different ladies between 2020 and 2022.
Partey presently performs for Villarreal in Spain’s La Liga, the place he moved in 2025, following 5 seasons with Arsenal.
He was initially charged final July, simply days after his Arsenal contract expired. Villarreal signed him in August, two days after he was granted bail.
Partey performed a full half in World Cup qualifying video games for Ghana, for whom he has made 58 appearances.
Kudus misses out for Ghana at World Cup 2026
Tottenham Hotspur ahead Mohammed Kudus will miss subsequent month’s World Cup resulting from harm.
Kudus, who has scored 13 instances in 46 worldwide appearances, suffered a quad harm in January and was anticipated to return in March. Nevertheless, the 25-year-old ahead suffered a setback in his restoration and has not performed a sport since Thomas Frank was teaching Tottenham.
Kudus, who joined from West Ham United final summer season, made 19 Premier League appearances for Spurs this season, scoring twice.
Veteran coach Carlos Queiroz, who introduced the most recent squad record on Tuesday, will depend on Manchester Metropolis’s Antoine Semenyo and Athletic Membership ahead Inaki Williams, whereas PAOK’s former Chelsea defender Abdul Rahman Baba has been recalled for the primary time since 2023.
Ghana have been drawn in Group L alongside Croatia, England and Panama.
Ghana preliminary World Cup squad
Goalkeepers: Benjamin Asare (Accra Hearts of Oak SC), Lawrence Ati-Zigi (St Gallen), Joseph Anang (St Patrick’s Athletic), Solomon Agbasi (Accra Hearts of Oak SC), Paul Reverson (Ajax).
Defenders: Baba Abdul Rahman (PAOK), Gideon Mensah (Auxerre), Marvin Senaya (Auxerre), Alidu Seidu (Rennes), Abdul Mumin (Rayo Vallecano), Jerome Opoku (Istanbul Basaksehir), Jonas Adjetey (Wolfsburg), Kojo Peprah Oppong (Good), Alexander Djiku (Spartak Moscow), Elisha Owusu (Auxerre).
Midfielders: Thomas Partey (Villarreal), Kwasi Sibo (Actual Oviedo), Augustine Boakye (Saint-Etienne), Caleb Yirenkyi (Nordsjaelland), Abdul Fatawu Issahaku (Leicester Metropolis).
Forwards: Kamaldeen Sulemana (Atalanta), Christopher Bonsu Baah (Al Qadsiah), Ernest Nuamah (Lyon), Antoine Semenyo (Manchester Metropolis), Brandon Thomas-Asante (Coventry Metropolis), Prince Kwabena Adu (Viktoria Plzen), Inaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao), Jordan Ayew (Leicester Metropolis).
