Jermaine Jenas has backed Ben White over his England snub, insisting the Arsenal defender ‘has to decide what’s best for his career and no one else’.
England boss Gareth Southgate named his Three Lions squad this week ahead of friendlies against Brazil and Belgium but revealed that White had asked not to be considered.
It came after White left the England camp midway through the 2022 World Cup in Qatar due to ‘personal reasons’, with later reports he had a bust-up with Southgate’s assistant manager Steve Holland.