Arsenal have been using Ben White in the right-back area at the start of the new Premier League season. Without Takehiro Tomiyasu at the end of the previous campaign, the club suffered from a lack of balance in defence which cost them Champions League football.
Losing both Tomiyasu and Kieran Tierney to long-term and persistent injury issues meant Cedric Soares and Nuno Tavares both came in but, considering their offensive style, could not recreate the quality that their Arsenal predecessors could.
White’s inclusion, whilst the Japanese international recovers from injury again, is a result of the need to have the tactical balance a full-back his style provides. The back four often becomes a back three with Oleksandr Zinchenko pushing into midfield.
