Arsenal are set to offer Ben White a lucrative new contract. The £50 million defender has established himself as a key first-team player since joining the club. Tying him down to a new long-term contract should prove to be a wise decision for the London club. A report from Football Insider claims that talks regarding a new deal are progressing well and an agreement could be reached in the next few months. The defender currently has a contract with Arsenal until the summer of 2026 and he earns £120,000-a-week. He is likely to receive a pay rise when he signs the new contract. The 26-year-old has been a key player for Mikel Arteta and he has started every Premier League game this season. The former Brighton defender is versatile enough to operate as a central defender as well as a fullback. His versatility makes him an asset for Arsenal and the Gunners must hold onto him through his peak years
Jamie Carragher believes Arsenal will miss out on winning the Premier League title this season because of their goalkeeper and striker issues. Mikel Arteta’s side suffered their first defeat in the Premier League this season as Newcastle United sealed a controversial 1-0 victory at St James’ Park on Saturday evening. Arteta branded the decision to allow Anthony Gordon’s winner a ‘disgrace’ and an ’embarrassment’ after the goal went through three VAR checks before being allowed to stand. Arsenal registered just one shot on target during the game and Carragher believes Arteta’s side do not look as ‘fluid’ in attack compared with last season. Carragher also branded David Raya a ‘huge problem’ and suggests the Spaniard will cost Arsenal in the Premier League title race this term. ‘I feel like I’m watching a different team,’ Carragher told Sky Sports. ‘They’re more solid defensively, but they’re not as fluid and they’re creating as many chances. Have Arsenal got a centre-forward and a...
Saturday evening wasn't the first time that Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta felt aggrieved with refereeing decisions and it won't be the last. In the middle of the 2022/23 Premier League title race, a goal scored by Brentford midfielder Christian Norgaard was allowed to stand in a 1-1 draw despite VAR Lee Mason failing to draw the lines required to demonstrate that the Danish international was offside. This decision resulted in an apology from the head of the PGMOL, Howard Webb. But the Gunners don't want another apology for what they perceived to be an egregious decision to allow Anthony Gordon's goal to stand during Saturday's 1-0 defeat to Newcastle United. The statement released by the club illustrated that a change is needed in the quality of officiating. "PGMOL urgently needs to address the standard of officiating and focus on action which moves us all on from retrospective analysis, attempted explanations and apologies," one sentence from the statement r...