BEN WHITE wants to set up his own dog walking business when he retires. But for now, the Arsenal right-back is enjoying being let off the leash as the leader of Mikel Arteta’s hounds of hell, admitting: I love a big early tackle..
. let them know you’re there. White says his early days getting roughed up in the lower leagues gives him the edge as the Gunners’ instigator of aggression and alleged ‘dark arts’ against Prem opponents.
Having just turned 27, thoughts are already turning to what to do when he hangs his boots up. He said: “I don’t want to be a pundit. I was thinking of being a dog walker, get a little van.
” Yet there is still plenty of life in the ‘old’ dog yet as a key cog in Arteta’s title-chasing side – whether it is being a nuisance at set-pieces or getting physical with opposition wingers. READ MORE ON ARSENAL As a 19-year-old, White learned his trade on loan from Brighton at Newport County in League Two in 2017/18 before heading to Peterborough United in League One in 2018/19. And asked what he loves most in a game, White said: “A big tackle.
The first 15 minutes of a game, the first tackle on someone to let them know that’s all game you’re gonna get that. “The old fashioned let them know you’re there. “My best season was on loan at Newport.
There are aspects of [lower league football] that come into the Premier League and I try and bring some of that. Most read in Football BEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKER S “T.
