If Arsenal’s Premier League season has been one of gentle and necessary improvement than maybe their central defender Ben White has mirrored it.
The 24-year-old joined Arsenal from Brighton for £50million at the start of the season. Expectations were high, but early on his performances didn’t match them. After an opening Premier League defeat at Brentford, White was picked out for criticism by Sky Sports pundits Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher.
‘I saw it and I think it was the first time I’ve been singled out,’ White said on Thursday night.