The making of Ben White: Ahead of his return to Brighton with Arsenal, here's how the £50m man transformed from a 'quiet, skinny boy' with health issues into a star defender, according to those who helped him grow

Ben White entered Brighton as a 16-year-old Southampton reject and left seven years later as a £50million England international.

Now hoping to be the defensive saviour in an Arsenal side slowly showing signs of revival under Mikel Arteta, White returns to the place where he made his name as the Gunners take on Brighton this Saturday evening.

The Seagulls took White, a teenage defender with a difficult medical history and struggling to get into the game, and nurtured him into one of the most promising young defenders in this country.