England’s national football team coach, Gareth Southgate, has made the decision to exclude Arsenal defender Ben White from the squad. Southgate emphasized that this choice is rooted in footballing considerations, asserting that there are players who currently outshine White in the given position.

Despite being a versatile 26-year-old capable of playing both as a central defender and right back, White’s absence from the England team since his early return from the Qatar World Cup has raised eyebrows. Southgate clarified that the decision is unrelated to any personal issues and commended White’s defensive prowess with Arsenal.

Probed on whether his non-selection is purely down to footballing reasons or if there was any lingering issue from his early World Cup departure, Southgate replied:  “No, again we’ve got Kyle [Walker], Kieran [Trippier], we’ve got Trent [Alexander-Arnold], we’ve got Reece James. It’s a position where we’ve got strength. As I said, there are a couple of good young ones coming through. And, again, we’re on a good run and the defense is playing well. So that’s where we are.”

Here is the highlight video of some skills of Ben White.

Ben White

This season he played in total 11 times for 949 minutes for Premier League.

Ben White scored 1 goal for Arsenal. He procured no assists. He received 1 yellow card and no red cards.

His team is currently 4th in Premier League. In the last match Arsenal won 2-0 against Sevilla. The next match in Premier League will be against Burnley.

Arsenal performance and stats

Arsenal is currently 4th in the Premier League with 24 points.

In the last 11 games, it has won 7 times, drawn 3 times, and lost once. In its last match, Arsenal lost 1-0 against Newcastle United.​​

It has a positive goal difference after scoring 23 goals and conceding 9.​

Arsenal will play the next match in Premier League against Burnley on Saturday 11th of November in London. The prediction is Arsenal winning the match.​