Declan Rice also plans to rope in his fellow teammates in his bid to bring Ben White back.
Arsenal star Ben White is currently not part of the England squad and the Three Lions backs him to take part in the European Championship this summer. The English coach said the door is still open for Ben White to play at Euro 2024.
Southgate feels it is up to the Arsenal defender to make the first move if he wants to find a place in the Euros. He has appeared for four times under Southgate and was part of the last two events squad including World Cup 2022.
Southgate has admitted he would have called up White if he wanted to play. He wants him to improve his backline for upcoming events.
Declan Rice also plans to rope in his fellow Arsenal teammates Bukayo Saka and Aaron Ramsdale in his bid to bring White back.
Southgate said: “It’s really for Ben now. Dec is obviously in a difficult situation [when] you’re asking him about a teammate and he’s going to be careful how he says. The door is open for us.
“That’s clearly difficult ahead of the Euros, where he missed all the qualifying campaign and you’ve got players that have played all the way through but we have no idea of knowing who’s going to be available in that area of the pitch.
“We’ve lost four [defenders] to injury this camp. So, for me, it’s open. I have absolutely no issue.”
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