Arsenal & Diego Costa: 3 Like Totally Logical Reasons for January Deal

MADRID, SPAIN - MAY 3: (L-R) Diego Costa of Atletico Madrid, Shkodran Mustafi of Arsenal during the UEFA Europa League match between Atletico Madrid v Arsenal at the Estadio Wanda Metropolitano on May 3, 2018 in Madrid Spain (Photo by Eric Verhoeven/Soccrates/Getty Images) /

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Atletico Madrid’s Spanish forward Diego Costa (R) and Atletico Madrid’s Ghanaian midfielder Thomas Partey (Photo by LLUIS GENE / AFP) (Photo by LLUIS GENE/AFP via Getty Images) /

Solve Thomas Partey’s Injury Problems

Nobody at Arsenal knows Thomas Partey better than Costa, with the two playing together for three seasons prior to the Ghanaian’s deadline day move to England.

While Costa is no doctor, he partaken in training under Simeone, and alongside Partey, for long enough to see noticeable differences with Arteta’s routines.

Perhaps there is one particular drill at London Colney that’s causing these thigh issues to flare up? Some very minor detail may be causing Partey discomfort that Arteta is unaware of. Maybe.

Moreover, perhaps Partey has been playing through pain all this time in La Liga and Costa just scares the life out of him enough to force him to continue?

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Bonus Reason: Rob Holding is struggling in training and he needs an opponent he can pocket easily to build his confidence back up.

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