With Boxing Day on the horizon, the Premier League is already on the fast track. This weekend, the Gunners Arsenal will be away to relegation side Arsenal. Prior to this, Arsenal had maintained a strong momentum of scoring in the league and is now in fourth place in the league. The whole team is confident of returning to its former position as a giant. After Aubameyang was stripped of the captain's armband for several violations of team rules, Arteta established a republican-like leadership group within the team to achieve team governance. Among Arsenal's captain-elects, new signing Ben White, who just joined this summer, is one of them. But in today's news, Ben White said in an interview with talkSPORT that it was an honor for him to take over as captain of the team, and that the current Arsenal players are missing the "good guy" Aubameyang.
Ben White told TalkSPORT that he has the ability to be captain and that he has the qualities to be a captain himself. But Ben White added that while captaining was an "honor," he said the whole team missed their teammates. Reporters asked Ben White whether Aubameyang's dismissal and depopulation would distract Arsenal from their current good form. Ben White said: "We've been playing well. Obviously it was disappointing for Oba, but we were all calm and we were working on it. However, he is a really good guy and we all miss him a lot, and that's the way it is. ”
For his £50 million transfer, Ben White said he was not feeling the pressure of the high price, although he was heavily criticized by the media after his Arsenal debut. In this regard, Ben White also explained that he could not decide his own value. And the loss of his debut really hit him and stimulated him as he needed to show people why he was at Arsenal.
For Arsenal, the ruthless measures taken since Arteta took over are taking effect, whether it is the purge of William and David Louis, the abandonment of Leno for Ramsdale, or the dismissal and decentralization of Aubameyang, which are all part of Arteta's thunderbolt. In this case, Ben White's remarks are tantamount to contradicting Arteta, and it is unclear whether this situation will cause a new round of infighting at Arsenal or a new round of purges. However, judging by Arteta's character and approach, it will certainly teach Ben White a lesson, and this revenge will be reflected in the next few games.