Arsenal Star Thomas Partey Converts to Islam, Marries Moroccan Partner

Yakubu. This is now the name of Thomas Partey. "I grew up with Muslims, so in the end, it’s the same thing. I’m already married and my Muslim name is Yakubu," he said in an interview with a Ghanaian media.

However, he will keep Thomas on the back of his jersey when he plays for Arsenal.

The Ghanaian international has married his Moroccan girlfriend, Sarah Bella, a radiologist working at the Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology. The young woman was behind his conversion to Islam. "I am now a Muslim and I converted because of my girlfriend whom I love very much. My Muslim name is Yakubu," the Arsenal star had told Ghanaian journalist Nana Aba Anamoah.