{"id":22402,"date":"2024-05-17T09:26:08","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T09:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instantcasinos.com\/?p=22402"},"modified":"2024-05-17T09:26:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T09:26:08","slug":"lauren-interview-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instantcasinos.com\/blog\/lauren-interview-ben-white\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauren Exclusive: Ben White&#8217;s England Rejection Made Him Mentally Stronger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In an exclusive interview with <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/instantcasinos.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">InstantCasinos.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Arsenal Invincible Lauren has backed Ben White\u2019s decision to snub England and Gareth Southgate, claiming the decision has made the defender a mentally stronger player\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-youtube su-u-responsive-media-yes\"><iframe width=\"1100\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_IBdGPlRxj0?\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture\" title=\"Video of breaking news\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2><b>England Snub Made Ben White Psychologically Stronger\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ben White has been magnificent for Arsenal this season but the defender courted controversy by deciding not to represent England at the Euros this summer. Various ex-players criticised White but Lauren took the opposing stance, believing the decision has made him stronger;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Lauren<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cAs a player, I like Ben White\u2019s composure with the ball. He\u2019s always calm, tries to make the right decision and the combination with Saka and Saliba has been great. He has a great mentality as well. When he decided to leave the national team I believe that made him a stronger man and player mentally.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h2><b>Arteta and Edu Searching For Striker with Arsenal Mentality<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Arsenal have scored more goals this season than ever before in the Premier League but Lauren says Mikel Arteta is still on the lookout for a striker. But putting the ball in the net alone is not enough for the Gunners boss, who demands more from a front man;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Lauren:<\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cIt\u2019s not enough to sign a striker who will guarantee goals, it has to be someone who fits within Arteta\u2019s mentality. They need a high work rate, pressing the centre-backs and full-backs. You need a striker that not only scores goals, but knows how to connect with quality players like Martin Odegaard, Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka. I saw Arteta in the summer and he\u2019s going to demand that. Arteta and Edu have been searching for that number nine.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHavertz has been delivering and scoring goals in crucial games. The fact that we don\u2019t have that number nine, in this league, doesn&#8217;t mean you\u2019re not going to win because of it. In the long term, I believe you need someone who can help Gabriel Jesus &#8211; not because of his quality, he\u2019s fantastic but at some stages through the season he\u2019s gotten injured.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h2><b>Saliba and Rice Have Been Different Class During Run In<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Arsenal fell away during the home stretch last season but have pushed Manchester City right to the finishing line this year. Lauren believes William Saliba avoiding injury and the \u00a3100m signing of Declan Rice have been key factors in the Gunners\u2019 improvement;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Lauren: <\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOf course, it\u2019s a huge factor [Saliba staying fit]. I talked to Saliba in the summer, you could feel it from the way he was talking. Together with Gabriel, those two have been paired for a long time and they\u2019ve improved together. We\u2019ve got a dominant backline and it started from those two guys, they\u2019ve been absolutely brilliant. When we lost Saliba last year, it made a big difference.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDeclan Rice has been absolutely superb too. He makes the rest of the team shine in the way that his defensive duties have been brilliant in front of the backline and he\u2019s box to box, so when you\u2019ve got that kind of player &#8211; he allows Odegaard to have more freedom. He\u2019s scoring goals, and I love to see him in the final third more often because he can shoot and attack those spaces where the strikers come to receive the ball. The understanding has been superb and he\u2019s been a top player for Arsenal.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an exclusive interview with InstantCasinos.com, Arsenal Invincible Lauren has backed Ben White\u2019s decision to snub England and Gareth Southgate, claiming the decision has made the defender a mentally stronger player\u2026 England Snub Made Ben White Psychologically Stronger\u00a0 Ben White has been magnificent for Arsenal this season but the defender courted controversy by deciding not &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":22404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lauren Exclusive: Ben White&#039;s England Rejection Made 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