Arsenal signing the exact player they need at the moment

Arsenal are closing on an agreement with Brighton for Ben White.

The English defender has been on Arsenal’s radar this transfer window and are likely to win the race for his signature.

White has been impressive for the Seagulls this season who can play from the back and be a playmaker in defence for the Gunners.

Noel Whelan believes the club are getting the exact player they need and could cost Arsenal up to £50m.

Whelan told Football Insider: “I think the international cap has really pushed his value up.

“I called it when he first came to Leeds that he’d be playing international football in two, three years.

“With the style of play, he’s a centre-back that is a modern-day centre-back. The one thing Arsenal have been missing is that playmaker from the back, somebody with that bit of pace.

“He ticks every box for me, Ben White, hence why we were priced out of him. We knew he was going to be a star, a big player playing international football.

“He does fit Arsenal down to a tee, I’ll be honest with you. If it wasn’t going to be Leeds, I think Ben White going to Arsenal, that is the style of player that he is now.

“In my eyes, that background of Arsenal, how they play the game, there’s no doubt about it, they need a rebuild at the back, especially in that centre-half area.”

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