A former Arsenal footballer has pleaded not guilty to two new allegations of rape.
Thomas Partey, 32, appeared at Southwark Crown Court, where he denied twice raping a woman in London in December 2020.
Partey, who left Arsenal for Villarreal last summer, was charged in July last year with five other counts of rape and one count of sexual assault, relating to allegations dating back to 2021 and 2022.
He has also pleaded not guilty to those charges. A trial, originally scheduled for November this year, may now be delayed until January 2027 because of the new allegations.
