{"id":533950,"date":"2023-10-31T11:38:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T11:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/?p=533950"},"modified":"2023-10-31T11:38:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T11:38:38","slug":"sources-arsenal-close-to-agreeing-ben-white-deal-as-talks-advance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-arsenal-close-to-agreeing-ben-white-deal-as-talks-advance\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Arsenal close to agreeing Ben White deal as talks advance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Arsenal are making progress on securing Ben White to a new and improved contract with the club, sources have told Football Insider<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talks are well underway and both parties are keen to secure an agreement which would keep the 26-year-old at the Emirates Stadium long-term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arsenal have already recently tied down a host of first-team stars – including Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka and William Saliba – and a new deal for White is next on the agenda for the club’s hierarchy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Should an agreement be secured, his renewal is expected to be finalised in the coming months as Mikel Arteta’s side prepare to mount another Premier League title challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A well-placed source has told Football Insider <\/strong>that Arteta is a “huge admirer” of White and sees him as a key first-team player for the coming years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ex-Brighton defender cost a reported<\/a> \u00a350million in 2021 and is currently out of contract at the Emirates Stadium in June 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He originally joined the club as a centre-back but shone in a right-back role for Arteta\u2019s side as they pushed Man City close for the title last season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The England international, who earns a reported<\/a> current wage of \u00a3120,000-a-week, has continued in that role in the new campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has started every Premier League game amid 15 total appearances across all competitions, scoring once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

White has made 98 appearances for Arsenal and is likely to reach a landmark century in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 26-year-old last played for England in March 2022 despite his dazzling form for the Gunners in the Premier League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was included in Gareth Southgate’s World Cup squad last year but returned home after two group games for personal reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other news, Arsenal could sell 25-year-old next summer in surprise U-turn.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arsenal are making progress on securing Ben White to a new and improved contract with the club, sources have told Football Insider. Talks are well underway and both parties are keen to secure an agreement which would keep the 26-year-old at the Emirates Stadium long-term. Arsenal have already recently tied down a host of first-team …<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523546,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverart":"\"\"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","_grv_disable_ads":false,"grv_featured_categories":""},"categories":[114,7,4],"tags":[3],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533950"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533950"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":534007,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533950\/revisions\/534007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}