A sad day for Tomiyasu : A dark day for Arsenal Football Club

Good morning, this is going to be a tough blog to write today. I recognise the seriousness of it, but also that this isn’t going to be easy for some readers. If you don’t want the Thomas Partey news, you can stop halfway.

I want to start with a player who I am genuinely sad to see leaving the club, and that’s Takehiro Tomiyasu. Yesterday, Arsenal announced that they had come to a mutual agreement with the Japan international to terminate his contract, which ran until 2026, with the option for another year.