Tribal Football
·23 September 2021
Tribal Football
·23 September 2021
The big money signing from Brighton has battled to settle in the opening games of his Gunners career.
Carragher observed: “Ben White needs time to settle in at Arsenal. When I played, and even now when I'm doing analysis, we should give players six months to settle into a club.
“But when you cost £50m and you're thrust into the first team, you're going to be judged immediately.
“You're coming to a team who have historically been so good. They're one of the biggest teams in the league, despite being in a difficult period.
“He'll be judged differently to when he was at Brighton. I don't know whether he's looked nervy or on edge, but he needs time to settle in and play with that back four.
“If I was a manager and giving him advice, what I would say to him is decision-making. Playing out from the back is all about risk assessment."
He also told Paddy Power: “It doesn't matter what a manager asks you to do, if Ben thinks it's too risky to do that, he has to take the other option. He has to think more while he's playing."