Arsenal icon Petit ‘not completely happy’ with Ben White and ‘would not know what is going on on’

Arsenal Invincible Emmanuel Petit has slammed Ben White’s performances this season.

After making the £50million transfer from Brighton & Hove Albion in 2021, White grew to become an important a part of Mikel Arteta’s facet – even taking part in each Premier League recreation final season because the Gunners finally fell quick of their title bid.

While the 24-year-old has featured in all however one of many Gunners’ league video games up to now, his performances have been referred to as into query by the Frenchman after he was hooked off halfway by way of the second-half throughout Arsenal’s 2-1 defeat in opposition to Fulham on New Year’s Eve – a 3rd loss in 5 video games for the Emirates outfit.

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Speaking to DAZN guess, Petit mentioned: “Ben White is not the same player he was last season. I’m not very happy with his level this season and I think he can do much better. I don’t know what’s going on in his head. He was in the national team at one point and he’s playing at right-back, when he wants to play in central defence.

“I think Takehiro Tomiyasu is a good player, but Arsenal’s right flank is not a worry of mine. I think Arteta can play without Takehiro Tomiyasu and Ben White with no problems at all. Tomiyasu is a warrior, and they should get a new contract for him to sign. There isn’t much competition at right-back, though, as Ben White is capable of much better than what he’s showing.”

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Arteta will probably be determined for White to bounce again to type after Tomiyasu headed to link-up along with his Japan team-mates forward of the Asia Cup. The competitors’s most profitable nation start their group stage in opposition to Vietnam subsequent Sunday (January, 14), and the event closing takes place on February, 10, within the Lusail Stadium, Qatar.

After starting the season at centre-back, White moved to a extra unfamiliar position on the right-hand facet of defence. Where, regardless of taking part in most of his soccer there for the Gunners, it’s a place he’s solely usually began occupying because of the partnership of William Saliba and Gabriel on the coronary heart of defence most popular by Arteta.