According to The Athletic, Brighton's Ben White has emerged as a target for the Gunners. The centre-back could cost around £40-50m.
Fans share their opinion on the potential centre-back signing.
Tribuna
Ajuwon Eniola: "What the hell is wrong with this club? I mean we just cleared off 3 CBs. Why the hell do we need CBs after impressive loan spells of 2 young CBs (Saliba and Mavro)? And Mari, Holding, Gabriel and Chambers are capable. Defence is the least of our issues for crying out loud 🤷"
David Omabukodo: "Is he the priority? Where's Danny Ek and the gang ooooohhh! Come to our rescue 🙏"
Kelly Burner: "When at all will we stop prioritising less important positions and concentrate on building the most important areas in our squad that needs an urgent rebuild?
"We all know we need to build our midfield and attack cos those are the positions that we lacking in the most. We got a very good defence now with so many talents and that was proven last season when we had the 3rd best defensive record in the league.
"So why on earth is this board wasting so much time trying to get their priorities straight by snapping up some of these attacking talents before the Euros?? Damn!! Cos I believe we willing be playing catch-up after the Euros when most of their price tags increase. This board need to wise up!"
basedsims: "Think he will be a fantastic player, but not sure we actually need him at all."
HectorTheErector: "We must have a lot of money to spend in the summer if we're going to spend this much on a CB."
rhshi14: "2 ways of looking at this. 1. If we have 40-50m to spend on Ben White, we have serious funding this window.
"2. We are blowing a large chunk of the transfer budget on a position, which is not a top priority and are going to end up with having too many big holes in the squad going into the new season."
sshitisb-a-n-a-n-a-s: "I'm sorry that he didn't cost 50 million... Wait, wrong English CB."
troot1105: "Arsenal: allowing the third least goals in the league but not scoring at all. Also Arsenal: time to sign a 7th centre-back."
Athletic
Hardie Y.: "What is Arteta's problem with Saliba, really? It is not a good look on him that he can't work with Saliba despite his pedigree. We don't have this money he is bent on wasting on a position that isn't priority. Saliba/Holding/Chambers/Mavropanos are more than enough for the RCB position. He is really irritating me at this point."
Alexander O.: "He’s a great player and prospect, but if Arteta genuinely pushes through with this then I’ll lose whatever faith I had in him.
"A club with limited capital, and 5 CBs on the books of which 3 can play on the right (4 if you count Chambers, so 6 in total) and a doing defender in Saliba who performed excellently on loan, of which a RCB is NOT our highest priority considering our financial limitations, it’s bizarre bordering on absolute pettiness that he’s pushing with this.
