Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey will miss subsequent week’s World Cup opener in opposition to Panama after being denied entry into Canada.
The Canadian authorities denied a visa software for Partey, 32, who’s awaiting trial in England on a number of prices of rape and sexual assault. The previous Arsenal star has pleaded not responsible to all counts.
Ghana’s opening match in Group L is Wednesday in opposition to Panama in Toronto.
An announcement from FIFA confirmed Friday that Partey is not going to be allowed to cross the Canadian border together with his workforce, whose World Cup base camp is in Windfall, R.I.
“FIFA can affirm that participant Thomas Partey shall be unable to journey from Ghana’s workforce base camp in Boston, USA, to Canada for his or her first match in opposition to Panama on Wednesday, 17 June, as his visa software has been refused by the Canadian authorities,” learn the assertion obtained by The Athletic.
“FIFA shouldn’t be concerned within the immigration processes of host nations, together with the adjudication of visas. As with earlier FIFA occasions, the host authorities in the end determines who receives a visa and is admitted into the nation.”
Partey, who at the moment performs for Spain’s Villarreal, has scored 16 targets in 58 profession caps for Ghana, together with three targets through the 2026 World Cup qualifying course of.
Partey presumably will rejoin Ghana for group-stage matches within the U.S. in opposition to England on June 23 in Foxborough, Mass., and in opposition to Croatia on June 27 in Philadelphia.
–Subject Stage Media
