Yahoo Finance Ben White: Arsenal in advanced talks over £50m deal for Brighton and England defender
Arsenal are in advanced talks with Brighton over a deal for defender Ben White that could eventually be worth £50million.
The Gunners had an opening bid of around £40m for White rejected earlier this month, but they have continued discussions since.
Negotiations are progressing well and there is a belief among all parties that former Leeds loanee White will head to north London this summer.
A deal for the 23-year-old, who was a surprise inclusion in England’s squad for Euro 2020, is likely to be in the region of £50m.
The centre-back has previously been scouted by both Manchester United and Tottenham, however Arsenal have been frontrunners all summer after firming up their interest.
Arsenal are expecting a busy summer transfer window and on Thursday centre-back Konstantinos Mavropanos was loaned back to Stuttgart.
The German club have the option to make the deal permanent next summer and are expected to do so.
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