Villarreal announced on Thursday the signing of Ghanaic midfielder Thomas Party. The player has signed for a season with the Castellón club and arrives as a free agent. He Yellow submarine He claims to be “upper” of the judicial process for sexual violation and aggression that affects the player, making it clear that “respects as a fundamental principle of innocence.”
The midfielder, who did not renew with the Arsenal fc English after expiring your contract on June 30, won bail on Tuesday on Tuesday after appearing before a British court accused of five positions of rape against two women and one of sexual aggression against another woman between 2021 and 2022.
The conditions of their bail freedom include that they cannot contact any of the three women and that must notify the police any permanent change of domicile or international trip. In addition, it must appear before Old Bailey, the Central Criminal Court, on September 2.
«The club is aware that Thomas Party is immersed in a judicial process in England. The player defends his innocence with absolute roundness and denies all the charges against him. The entity respects as a fundamental principle its presumption of innocence and is waiting for what justice rules, which will be responsible for clarifying the facts that are imputed to it, ”said Villarreal CF in a statement.
He Yellow submarine He warned that “he will not comment on this matter” for taking into account “British legislation on current procedures” and reiterated “with total clear commitment to respect and diversity and condemns any act of violence in all its forms, whether gender, discrimination, racism, xenophobia or behavior that threatens the dignity of people.” Anyway, he did not confirm in his statement if there is any clause that allows him to terminate the agreement in the event that Party is considered guilty.
The Ghanaian midfielder, 32, Thus returns to Spain five years after leaving Atlético de Madrid, with which he had won a Europae Leagye (2017-2018) and a European Super Cup (2018) and also the 2021 League, since he tells him for having played several games at the beginning of this season before leaving in October 2020 to Arsenal FC where he played 167 games, with nine goals scored.
The Villarreal remarked the former player of UD Almería and RCD Mallorca, international for Ghana, who “He is a very complete midfielder, of great tour and exceptional physical conditions”. «It is a fantastic ball recuperator and has easily to start the play from behind. The African footballer also treasures a good shot from medium distance and has the ability to overcome driving lines, ”he said.
