{"id":3779,"date":"2021-12-24T15:04:47","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T20:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/24\/ben-white-reveals-how-arsenals-squad-feel-about-the-absence-of-pierre-emerick-aubameyang\/"},"modified":"2021-12-24T15:04:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T20:04:47","slug":"ben-white-reveals-how-arsenals-squad-feel-about-the-absence-of-pierre-emerick-aubameyang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2021\/12\/24\/ben-white-reveals-how-arsenals-squad-feel-about-the-absence-of-pierre-emerick-aubameyang\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben White reveals how Arsenal\u2019s squad feel about the absence of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal star Ben White has, on Friday, opened up on the recent absence of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from the club\u2019s first-team setup.<\/p>\n<h2>Auba out in the cold<\/h2>\n<p>The name of Gabonese hitman Aubameyang has of course taken its place centre stage in the headlines over the last couple of weeks.<\/p>\n<p>This comes owing to a chain of events which ultimately culminated in the Gabonese being stripped of the captain\u2019s armband at the Emirates.<\/p>\n<p>Aubameyang is understood to have returned late from a trip abroad earlier this month, an infraction which, initially, saw the ex-Borussia Dortmund man dropped for a Premier League meeting with Southampton.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? EXCL: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang dropped from Arsenal squad for late return from trip abroad last week. 32yo had permission to go for personal reasons but was back later than agreed &amp; it had Covid protocol implications. W\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gunnerblog?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@gunnerblog<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthleticUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheAthleticUK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/im7yEtRK7X\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/im7yEtRK7X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Ornstein\/status\/1469702866852003854?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Add to this the fact that the 32-year-old has struggled for form, as well as having his commitment to the Arsenal cause called into question this season, and manager Arteta coming to the eventual decision to seek out a new leader for his panel of young stars becomes all the more understandable.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Auba\u2019, in turn, has since been omitted from the Gunners\u2019 ensuing three matchday squads, too.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Is what it is\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>After Mikel Arteta was <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2021\/12\/23\/arsenal-boss-mikel-arteta-responds-to-criticism-over-pierre-emerick-aubameyang-situation-15818316\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">drawn<\/a> on the situation of his now ex-captain during a pre-Norwich media exchange on Thursday, it should therefore come as little surprise to hear that, in an interview of his own on Friday, Ben White was too pressed on Aubameyang\u2019s recent absence.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/1009085\/arsenal-pierre-emerick-aubameyang-ben-white-captain\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">talkSPORT<\/a> earlier today, stopper White was asked whether the controversy surrounding his high-profile teammate has proven a distraction for the rest of Arsenal\u2019s squad of late.<\/p>\n<p>The former Brighton standout, however, was quick to highlight his side\u2019s impressive form in the absence of Aubameyang, albeit only before admitting that \u2018we all miss him\u2019:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018It hasn\u2019t really looked it on the scoresheet. We\u2019ve been playing well.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Obviously it\u2019s disappointing for Auba but we\u2019ve all got our heads down and we\u2019re working hard. He\u2019s a really nice guy, we all miss him, but it is what it is.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ben White makes honest Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang admission after Arsenal axe. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RwO0PO2reE\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/RwO0PO2reE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Arsenal FC News (@ArsenalFC_fl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArsenalFC_fl\/status\/1474420892868431874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/top-stories\/arsenal-midfielder-garnering-interest-at-home-and-abroad-for-january-move\/\">Arsenal midfielder fielding interest from Everton and Serie A giants ahead of possible January move<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/martin-odegaard-opens-up-on-decision-to-leave-real-madrid-for-arsenal\/\">Martin Odegaard opens up on decision to leave Real Madrid for Arsenal<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Arsenal star Ben White has, on Friday, opened up on the recent absence of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from the club\u2019s first-team setup. Auba out in the cold The name of Gabonese hitman Aubameyang has of course taken its place centre stage in the headlines over the last couple of weeks. This comes owing to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-3779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}