Is White choosing club over country!? by Shenel
So Ben white has reportedly made himself unavailable for England and I for one am all for it!
Now I’ll tell you why.
White has not been selected for England since he left the 2022 World Cup on “personal reasons” despite now with his recent form, proving he should be picked for them.
But now all of a sudden when Gareth Southgate opts to pick him for upcoming friendlies Ben declines the offer.
No one truly knows what goes on between players and managers or staff but for Ben to make himself unavailable to play for England for the foreseeable, – to make himself unavailable for playing for his country, something children dream of being able to do one day and then again when they make it to professional football to pull on their national team jersey, – there must be a valid and personal reason for it and no matter what it is we have to support Ben as best we can and trust he knows what he is doing with the decisions he is making.
It could be he is choosing club over country and that he is loyal to Arsenal and sees theses types of international games as nothing more than what they are, friendlies! And maybe he doesn’t want to risk getting injured, or he could be thinking ahead believing he won’t be picked for the important England games and sees no point in being called up now, really only Ben knows!
But on the more positive side of things Ben not going away with England is one less player we need to worry about picking up a potential injury on international games that in my eyes are pointless.
Because we all know how tough each fixture, we have left is going to be and we all know how much we need our whole team together for the run in and if Ben stays behind to rest and recuperate then I for one am not complaining!
Let’s hope it’s the same for the rest of our boys especially the ones travelling over the next week or so!
Here’s hoping hey Gooners!
Shenel Osman
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White has been playing the inverted-RB role well and forced Zinchenko sit on the bench
@Gai, BWhite is doing well because he is better at defending than Zichenko. And he rarely lose the ball at dangerous situation, he is also able to assist Saka. At the moment he is the best Arsenal has at inverted role. Apart from Timber who is yet to return.
Yeah White fully deserves his new contract
Shenel, you should be aware that Southgate did not pick White to play in the upcoming England games, as Ben beat him to it and got his refusal in before the team selection was made.
Although, to be fair, Southgate may have informed Ben unofficially that he might get selected, and Ben declined.
I’ve read so many opinions regarding Ben White’s decision and I am more than happy to say that over 90% of fans, no matter what club they support, are right behind him.
The main opinion seems to be who would WANT to play for Southgate, who continues to pick players no matter what their club form is.
Secondly, they say it’s his decision and NO player has to play for England if he /she doesn’t want to.
Thirdly, anyone who doesn’t think there was a clash between White, Southgate and his staff are forgetting what was said when Ben walked out of the England camp.
Southgate and his cronies thought they were hanging him out to dry, but, apart from the media with their own agenda, it’s completely backfired on them – we Arsenal supporters should be 100% behind him, along with the vast majority of football fans.
I’m not an Arsenal fan, I’m an Arsenal supporter, but I still am happy, and I think Benjamin shows guts with his decision. I don’t know why he doesn’t want to play for England, and don’t care. All those who now say nasty things about Ben White (like that not so bright fella knapp-knapp) should learn the reason why the best right wing-back in England don’t want to play for his country – and respect his decision.
There’s clearly more to it than anyone is telling.
Southgate went public to let people know BW is not available, why? Presumably because he wants to avoid being criticised for not playing the in-form RB in England. He got his excuses in first.
One reason BW may not like the international scene is the time it takes people away from their families and that seems to matter to him.
I can see why they stopped the distractions of having “WAGS” travelling and staying with the players, but for some people that won’t work. BW seems to be one of those.
The personal reasons may have been about a difference of opinion over him wanting spend time with his wife.
Im not saying that IS the reason, just that it seems very possible in this case The pair seem close..
My view is also an important life principle for me And it is that we have no right to know WHY White refuses to play for England.
UNLESS THAT IS, HE WISHES US TO KNOW AND PLAINLY HE DOES NOT.
SO JUST LEAVE HIM ALONE!
ALL FOLK ARE ENTITLED TO THEIR PRIVACY, IF THEY WISH IT. AND HE DOES.
I don’t know how many of our players will be selected by their countries for the upcoming Euros, but given that they will be entitled to extra time off following the tournament, we’ll probably be short of one or two for pre season games.
Also, I’m reading in the Mail that Theirry Henry, who’s managing the French Olympic team, is considering selecting Saliba, and as there will be an overlap with the start of our season, we’ll be losing him for a while.
Not good!!!
We should respect his choice whether or not he plays for England. He doesn’t have to if he doesn’t want to. He isn’t a villain if he doesn’t
I don’t know what his reason is and don’t really care but I can understand being loyal to your club that pays you and wanting to have rest and not risk injury
….especially in meaningless friendlies
” ARSENAL FANS SHOULD BE HAPPY WHITE IS NOT PLAYING FOR ENGLAND”.
YES! In my case I could only be happier still, if not a single one of our players ever played fror his national team.
Better still if all international matches were abolished, I would be deliriously happy. International matches = YAWN!