Ben White is a Gunner! The transfer of the England defender from Brighton to Arsenal has been confirmed on Friday afternoon – kind of.The completion of the transfer has been revealed when a photo of Ben White standing with a brand new Arsenal shirt with his new boss Mikel Arteta standing next to him. The transfer saga is done after a $70 million fee was agreed with the club from the south coast of England. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Football Mob ⚽️ (@thefootballmob) Around an hour later, both clubs have announced that the 23-year-old defender has indeed changed clubs.Brighton has also inserted a sell-on clause for White, who featured in all but two of Graham Potter’s side’s games in the Premier League last season as the Seagulls avoided relegation with a 16th-placed finish. He contributed to Brighton having the joint-best defence in the bottom half of the Premier League last season with 46 goals conceded.💬 “To be here is absolutely unbelievable…”@ben6white speaks for the first time 📺— Arsenal (@Arsenal) July 30, 2021 White did not play for Gareth Southgate’s England side at the Euros as they reached the final but played in the two warm-up games against Austria and Romania before the start of the tournament.😅 The 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 signing pictures always look much nicer, right? Here’s a better angle 😉 pic.twitter.com/oPNINz9Y3f— Arsenal (@Arsenal) July 30, 2021 White is Arteta’s third signing of the transfer window following the arrivals of left-back Nuno Tavares from Benfica and central midfielder Albert Sombi Lokonga from Anderlecht.
