Ben White will make himself available for England again in March.
Ben White has been in the news lately for the minor surgery that he underwent during this international break to correct an issue he has been dealing with all season. This will sadly see him potentially miss the remainder of the calender year for the Gunners, and that will be a big blow indeed.
What might somewhat be a blow as well will be the fact that he could soon make a return back to international football with England. The England international hasn’t featured for the Three Lions since 2022 despite the consistent performances for his club, and the reasons were laid bare when it was revealed earlier this year by Gareth Southgate that he made himself ineligible for selection.
The reasons most likely being the manner in which he left the England camp at the World Cup in 2022, a reported falling out with Steve Holland is what has led to this self imposed exile, and now with a new management in charge, it has been reported that White will now make himself available for selection in March 2025.
As revealed by Talksport’s Adrian Durham concerning his potential return, he said: “I’ve heard from a very good source that Arsenal’s Ben White will be making himself available for selection in March”.
“That will be when England play for the first time under Thomas Tuchel.”
It will definitely be interesting to see how Tuchel will handle this, there are many other options at right-back for England so he might not decide to call him up.
However if he continues his consistent run of form after his return from injury then he might be inclined to call him up. Some gooners will definitely not be happy with this, given the added injury risks and fatigue that will come with international matches!
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Am please with the Englishman making himself available, it’s one of happiest moments representing your country as a sportsman’s or woman.
But the blame has to be put squarely at Southgate feet for his poor man management that leads to the former Brightonman absence, there is no doubt Saka would have been better served up the final third at the International level.
The fact that White is prepared to play for England again proves that there was an issue between him and the hierarchy.
What it doesn’t address is why he has left it until now to be putting his name forward again. If it was Steve Holland then he has gone along with Southgate.
White might find his services are not required since his self imposed exile
Yes, I agree. The whole issue surrounding White’s departure from the team and then is continued refusal to be included for consideration is still puzzling to me (anyway). I suspect that there’s probably more than has trickled out so far.
Why not? However, the key question is will Tuchel make an England team place available to White?
I’m happy for Ben
Southgate was wrong not to call him up
First of all Stephanie, you say Southgate never called him up. That wasn’t the case. Ben White made himself unavailable, hence Southgate never picked him.
And although I don’t really care one way or the other whether Ben White plays for England again.
What I will say is, a player shouldn’t be able to pick and choose when he will be available for selection.
I believe that if Ben White is to be considered for the England team, he should first come out and clear up what the problem with the previous regime was.
Also having made himself unavailable, he must know that there’s a big chance that he could now be overlooked by the new incoming manager.
And lets face it, England are exactly short in the right back position are they.
It’s left back where there’s a serious lack of genuine cover, I think you’ll agree.
Yes, I agree. White should really clear this whole matter up once and for all – he’s best placed to do so, after all.
Players cannot, should not, decide to make themselves unavailable then available, for their country as/when it suits them. Very odd in my opinion.
Please ArtetaDont consider Sesco, as our centre forward that we badly need the type of quick football we play it must be someone similar to our style so Gyokeres or Isak these are the only 2 that will be an improvement to our forward line
Adrian Durham🤢has “heard from a very good source that…
Is this really, really newsworthy? We all know how “fond” he is of Arsenal.
And to think Jax,
That plank Adrian Durham is married to an Arsenal fan.