✍️ OFFICIAL Ben White

[HairSprayGooners]

First time i read journalists saying 40-50M would be not problem for Arsenal to pay it for one player. the end near i guess.

No sell to buy nonsense either. They know we are going big.

 

[GoonerJeeves]

Prefer Ken Black.

Kingsley Black was ace.

 

[krengon]

Can't say he's stood out when I've watched Brighton, but seems to be rated.

Might as well try to recoup on Saliba.

 

[OnlyOne]

It was an example but even still. If he's a good enough defender you can have 2 left footers. Or 2 right footers. Football isn't as complicated as it is made out to be.

I know.

 

[El Duderino]

@OnlyOne can see White being another Trilly agenda

Mustafi-esque.

 

[14Henry]

First time i read journalists saying 40-50M would be not problem for Arsenal to pay it for one player. the end near i guess.

Same as those talking about Sabitzer. If a deal can be done for 15m now why wait to he scores 2 against Macedonia and suddenly the world and their dog are talking about him.

 

[RunTheTrap]

Arteta is so desperate to be Pep, he wants his own John Stones ffs.

 

[djflick]

Holding has to be the one to go. He is a decent defender but his style doesn't suit what we want to do going forward. If you want us to play like we did at Stamford Bridge then you would keep Holding.

 

[OnlyOne]

More English players please!

 

[2Smokeyy]

If you’re spending that sort of money on a CB then just go big for Kounde and end Saliba properly.

Spending 50m on Ben White is ridiculous.

 

[Rasmi]

He`s good but overrated in my opinion. Can be bullied and very poor in the air. Good on the ball though.

He is young and English and good on the ball. But as you say he is weak physically and in the air

 

[TromsoGooner]

Not that highly rated by Brighton-fans (stolen from Red Cafe)

For example, there's a thread on the Brighton forum "North Stand Chat" asking them to rate their CBs this season. 95% think Dunk was better than White, 57% think Webster was better, 55.5% think both were better. Only 2.78% thought White was their best CB.

 

[HairSprayGooners]

Even with this guy and the links so far the spend wouldn't be too big.

Onana - £7M
Ryan - £3M
White - £40M
Neves - £30M
Lokonga - £13M

For example (based on Athletic links) is £93M. All the attacking mids we've been linked with are priced in the £30-40M range. Right back would be £25M max. Knocking on the door of £150M which is decent considering.

 

[rich 1990]

@GDeep™ Insurmountable means something that is 'too great to overcome' so Orny is saying 50M is unlikely too expensive.

Insurmountable as in Onlyone can't reach the top shelf at the supermarket so has to ask for help.

 

[field442]

This is a ****ing joke by the way. Buying a CB should be far down the list of priorities. Edu should be telling Arteta to **** off every time he asks for a CB.

 

[OnlyOne]

This is a ****ing joke by the way. Buying a CB should be far down the list of priorities. Edu should be telling Arteta to **** off every time he asks for a CB.

Depends what else we do. If they leave us short in CM then yeah, but we'll see how it all folds out.

 

[rich 1990]

This might be the start of serious investment in the squad, who knows?

 

[OnlyOne]

Weird though, Chris Wheatley didn't break this story beforehand?

 

[UnitedBeard]

This transfer doesn’t make any sense unless if Arteta switches to 3 at the back.

 

[Rasmi]

Not that highly rated by Brighton-fans (stolen from Red Cafe)

For example, there's a thread on the Brighton forum "North Stand Chat" asking them to rate their CBs this season. 95% think Dunk was better than White, 57% think Webster was better, 55.5% think both were better. Only 2.78% thought White was their best CB.

The problem is we have no scouting network. So we go by what media rates. I doubt Edu knows a lot about other than he is If good age and England international