Arsenal transfer target Thomas Partey’s agent deletes Instagram post asking fans to vote for next club including Man Utd
THOMAS PARTEY'S reps have had to apologise after a bizarre Instagram asking fans to select the Ghanaian's next club.
The 26-year-old is in high demand, with Premier League duo Arsenal and Manchester United interested in securing his services.
And they were two of the contenders featured in the unusual Instagram post.
JJ Sports Management, who represent the Atletico Madrid midfielder, posted a picture of him above the line: "Pick his club".
Beneath, five badges were featured - including the Red Devils' and Gunners'.
They were also joined by that of Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus.
Having swiftly deleted the post, the agency were forced to offer a grovelling apology.
Their statement read: "In view of the publication that was made today Wednesday 29 April 2020 on our Instagram account, regarding the future of our player Thomas Partey, from JJ Sport Managers we want to convey that this publication was not approved by the company management.
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"An internal investigation has been opened to find out what exactly happened, we are sure that this has not been intentional on the part of any of our workers and it is probably an unfortunate mistake.
"The publication has been deleted as soon as we have become aware of its existence.
"In addition, the keys of all our social profiles have been modified to restrict access only to essential personnel."
There is set to be a summer tug-of-war for Partey.
Arsenal are keen, but will struggle to compete with other interested parties given the financial effect of coronavirus.
Juventus and Bayern are also eager to prise away Atleti's No5, as well as Manchester United.
And Rio Ferdinand has urged his former club to press ahead with the move.
He told the Beautiful Game Podcast: "I'd maybe get [Thomas] Partey from Atletico Madrid or [Wilfred] Ndidi from Leicester."
As well as being captain of his country, Partey has made 174 appearances for Diego Simeone's side.