Pundit slams Southgate’s decision to not include Ben White

Ben White was left out of Gareth Southgate’s latest England squad.

The Arsenal man has been operating at the right-back position for Mikel Arteta this season.

White had a bright start to the new campaign with Arsenal leading the Premier League table.

Former England defender Anton Ferdinand believes White deserved a chance in the Southgate’s ahead of Harry Maguire.

“I can speak as a defender, you need to be playing games and playing week in and week out,” said Ferdinand.

“When you aren’t playing week in and week out, then you become sluggish and someone who can’t get their feet working.

“Can we afford to go to a World Cup with players (like Maguire) who aren’t playing week in and week out? I don’t think we can.

“We have players like Ben White, who is sitting top of the Premier League table at the moment, then there is Tomori who won the Serie A last season, not getting a sniff and they aren’t getting a chance.

“(Against Italy), it would have been a great time to play the likes of them, to see what they could do.”

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