Mikel Arteta reacts to Ben White’s non-nomination
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Defender Ben White has not been called up for the upcoming internationals by national coach Gareth Southgate. White’s trainer Mikel Arteta has now commented.
Ben White has had a strong season at Arsenal so far. The central defender was in the starting XI in all six Premier League games. However, not in his desired position, but coach Mikel Arteta offered the year-old as a right-back. However, White was not nominated for the Three Lions.
Ben White completed 474 minutes for Arsenal in the Premier League this season. The four-time international has played a major role in the fact that coach Mikel Arteta’s side are at the top of the table in the English league after six games.
White will debut in June 2021
As a result, the central defender had hopes of being called up for the upcoming Nations League games, but national coach Gareth Southgate has decided against the 1.86-metre-tall defender. “Gareth is picking the best team, the best squad that he believes in at the moment. We’re going to do everything we can to help Ben and I think Ben has a lot of reasons to be called up,” White’s coach Mikel Arteta explained at the Press conference before at Brentford FC.
So far, Southgate has called up Arsenal’s giant defender four times. The 24-year-old made his debut on June 2, 2021 against Austria. Then White was on the pitch for the full 90 minutes against both Romania and Switzerland. In the game on March 29 this year against the Ivory Coast, he was allowed to play 45 minutes.
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This article was originally published on 90min.com/de as Mikel Arteta reacts to Ben White’s non-nomination released.