Ben White ‘noticed at Arsenal coaching floor’ forward of £50m switch announcement from Brighton

BEN WHITE has been noticed at Arsenal’s coaching floor together with his £50million transfer from Brighton imminent, in response to experiences.

The Brighton and England centre-back, 23, has lengthy been linked with a transfer to the Gunners.

Ben White, seen right here on England obligation earlier this month, was noticed at Arsenal coaching on Wednesday afternoon together with his £50m transfer from Brighton seemingly imminentCredit score: Reuters

And now it will appear Mikel Arteta has lastly landed his man, with White heading to London Colney on Wednesday afternoon, in response to Goal.

Arteta had been chasing a brand new centre-back since David Luiz left on a free on the finish of June.

The Arsenal chief has already signed left-back Nuno Tavares – suggesting Kieran Tierney may very well be in line for extra minutes on the left of a central defensive three.

And Tierney is ready to be joined within the coronary heart of defence by new arrival White after his spectacular season on the Seagulls in 2020-21.

The Gunners have chased the Brighton and England defender for a lot of the summer time and had a £50m bid accepted earlier this month.

White agreed personal terms however the transfer was delayed by his late call-up into Gareth Southgate’s ultimate England squad for Euro 2020.

An official announcement has been additional delayed by White’s post-tournament vacation, with the defender having fun with a break in Mykonos, Greece.

However White is now again within the UK and is anticipated to be introduced as an Arsenal participant in a matter of hours.

White – additionally able to enjoying in midfield – bagged a spot within the Euro 2020 squad because of his red-hot type at Brighton final time period on the again of a powerful season on mortgage at Leeds a 12 months earlier.

He even earned his first two caps within the warm-up video games towards Austria and Romania in June.

Whereas he was reduce from the provisional 33-man squad, White was given the nod to exchange injured Trent Alexander-Arnold within the trimmed 26-man group.

Nonetheless, the ex-Brighton man didn’t characteristic on the match, with John Stones, Harry Maguire and Tyrone Mings most well-liked by Gareth Southgate.

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