La Liga giants Atletico Madrid are still confident that they can extend the contract of Thomas Partey to ward off Arsenal, footballghana.com can exclusively report.
Footballghana.com understands that the player's agent is still in talks with the club over an extension of his contract and are confident that a deal will be struck.
Los Rojiblancos believe that the player is eager to stay despite constant links to Arsenal and Manchester United. Arsenal tabled a 50 million euro offer for the Ghanaian midfielder recently, the same amount as his release clause.
The player himself confessed on multiple occasions that he will ideally want to retire whilst playing for the Spanish outfit. They are hoping to boost his release clause to over 100 million euros to end all rumours as soon as possible.