Ben White facing fight for Arsenal future as Riccardo Calafiori draws Mikel Arteta's eye

Ben White has seen Riccardo Calafiori impressment successful his spot astatine right-back, with Mikel Arteta seemingly facing a immense telephone implicit the Englishman's aboriginal astatine Arsenal

Mikel Arteta has shown his ruthless streak connected galore occasions arsenic Arsenal manager.

And determination mightiness beryllium different large telephone looming with immense contention successful what has go the Premier League ’s champion defence. Riccardo Calafiori is putting unit on to go a archetypal prime successful Arsenal’s backmost four.

It mightiness not beryllium connected Tuesday nighttime against Paris Saint Germain. Or adjacent against Southampton connected Saturday. But determination is simply a conflict looming. We whitethorn not person seen it coming due to the fact that Jurrien Timber has done truthful well astatine near backmost that it was hard to spot left-footed Calafiori ousting him from the starting line-up.

William Saliba and Gabriel have formed a formidable partnership astatine centre fractional and, contempt the unusual mistake by Gabriel, it would beryllium a immense telephone to interruption them up. However, Calafiori is present pushing Ben White hard due to the fact that the Italy defender tin play astatine near backmost with Timber moving to the different side.

Timber is outstanding - what a subordinate and what a warrior. And helium is versatile. And that mightiness conscionable beryllium Arsenal’s new-look archetypal prime backmost 4 successful Arteta’s mind: Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori.

It would beryllium brainsick to relegate White conscionable yet due to the fact that helium has been arguably the champion close backmost successful the Premier League for the past mates of seasons. Also, contention tin bring retired the champion successful players and White is conscionable arsenic apt to rise his crippled due to the fact that of Calafiori’s arrival.

White has besides been nursing a sound truthful that is different origin to instrumentality into account. But it is simply a tribute to bully recruitment due to the fact that the champion squads ever person bully cover, steadfast competitions and options.

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Timber is much antiaircraft portion determination whitethorn beryllium different occasions wherever Oleksandr Zinchenko plays successful definite games. The Ukraine defender is truthful bully connected the shot and offers experience. White has a large narration with Bukayo Saka which whitethorn beryllium important successful breaking teams down successful definite games.

But with Calafiori, Arsenal present person genuine apical prime extent and players putting unit connected others. And nary subordinate tin play each game. So it is important to beryllium capable to change. However, Arteta showed his ruthless broadside a twelvemonth agone by dropping Aaron Ramsdale for David Raya and, aft a instrumentality backlash astatine the start, no-one is questioning it now.

We did not truly spot that 1 coming erstwhile Ramsdale signed a caller declaration astatine the extremity of the erstwhile play and is inactive a apical Premier League keeper. But tiny margins tin marque a difference.

And Calafiori is catching the oculus successful a large way. He is aggressive, beardown and arsenic bully successful defence arsenic helium is successful attack. Sky enactment guardant immoderate superb stats aft Calafiori’s rampaging show against Leicester.

He won the astir duels successful the game, the astir aerial duels, had the astir acceptable portion XGs and had 8 shots which was the 3rd astir successful the game. He is entertaining, ambitious and is intelligibly going to beryllium a precise bully signing.

He outgo £42m and has made it precise wide helium has travel to play alternatively than conscionable beryllium a squad member. Arteta volition invited the contention and it whitethorn present go a consecutive combat betwixt Calafiori and White to beryllium successful the archetypal prime Arsenal backmost four.

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