[Football] Ben White - Sings new FOUR year deal.

[Psychobilly freakout]

He's played in, at least, 3 different positions.
He's played in a back 3, 5 and 4.
At no point has he looked 'lost'.
To my untrained eye he even seems to be improving, game on game.
He's only played in 8 (?) Premier League matches.

"Been good" already seems a little harsh.


Lamptey is fast, exciting and given the pitch to enjoy.
White is given considerably more responsibility and so far he's proved himself more than capable of handling it.

This, and we are in rush to sell, I would imagine he could force himself into the England squad come summer, if injuries affect current first choice players for Mr Southgate. Bloom is shrewd and would be aware of this increasing his potential sale fee, it would make no sense to sell in January even for a big fee.

 

[Surf's Up]

Its undoubtedly mentioned somewhere else in this thread but I can't be arsed to trawl - who is White's agent?

 

[Seasidesage]

This article suggests it his agent stirring things yet again: https://strettynews.com/2020/12/01/...-with-brightons-ben-white-not-to-be-believed/

If his agent is the source for this article shouldn't he know his client signed a 4 not a 5 year deal? Unless of course he did and it was misreported elsewhere? Judging by the general quality of that article though my money's on it being rubbish

 

[Hugo Rune]

Its undoubtedly mentioned somewhere else in this thread but I can't be arsed to trawl - who is White's agent?

https://www.skysports.com/amp/footb...h-before-signing-new-brighton-deal-says-agent

 

[Icy Gull]

We are now looking like Southampton in the early 2000s with young players coveted by BIG clubs.

It could be Liveralbion rather than Liverhampton soon

 

[BNthree]

Do you need a source to believe that they are monitoring his progress? Young English central defender doing well in the Premier League... yeah I think they've heard of him and are "monitoring" him.

Presumably the clubs are "monitoring" the progress of dozens of prospects? That's the whole point of scouting isn't it?

 

[Danny Wilson Said]

We are now looking like Southampton in the early 2000s with young players coveted by BIG clubs.

It could be Liveralbion rather than Liverhampton soon

Except that they did sell a load of players. We haven't sold any yet.

 

[Icy Gull]

Except that they did sell a load of players. We haven't sold any yet.

We will when the silly offers come in and the players understandably want out to a big club and I’m not talking about the Mighty Leeds.

 

[Danny Wilson Said]

This article suggests it his agent stirring things yet again: https://strettynews.com/2020/12/01/...-with-brightons-ben-white-not-to-be-believed/

If this is how White plays when he's out of form, I can't wait to see what he does when he's firing on all cylinders!

Of course clubs are 'monitoring' our best players. Just as we are no doubt monitoring other clubs'. The recruitment and scouting departments wouldn't be doing their jobs otherwise.

 

[Albion Dan]

We are now looking like Southampton in the early 2000s with young players coveted by BIG clubs.

It could be Liveralbion rather than Liverhampton soon

Not sure I see that as a problem. In fact I think that's our model. If we get £50m+ for White that is fantastic business for Tony Bloom. We have Veltman who is easily good enough to be starting and also Ostigard doing really well at Coventry, and also Roberts who provide great cover and future options. We have quality young midfielders queuing up to get there chance in Alzate, Molumby, and Mac. The only real worry is Lamptey as doesnt seem to be a ready made replacement but he'll be going for huge £££ so you'd think we could afford a decent replacement. Ultimately if we are selling to top 6 clubs we will be making great money and the Academy seems to be thriving.

 

[schmunk]

The only real worry is Lamptey as doesnt seem to be a ready made replacement .

Pardonnez-moi...?

 

[JBizzle]

He's played in, at least, 3 different positions.
He's played in a back 3, 5 and 4.
At no point has he looked 'lost'.
To my untrained eye he even seems to be improving, game on game.
He's only played in 8 (?) Premier League matches.

"Been good" already seems a little harsh.


Lamptey is fast, exciting and given the pitch to enjoy.
White is given considerably more responsibility and so far he's proved himself more than capable of handling it.

Considering it's his first season at this level, I think he's been highly impressive and is getting better every game this season. He'll make mistakes, but so will Lamptey (and he has - sending off v Villa, pen v Palace). You could, and should, argue that both decisions were soft but perhaps one's a more senior player wouldn't make.

The fact is both players are developing and, although aren't perfect yet, are two of the finest young players we've ever had at this club. We're very lucky indeed.

 

[Albion Dan]

Pardonnez-moi...?

Excellent. Do we have a LWB in the wings too?

 

[Hugo Rune]

Excellent. Do we have a LWB in the wings too?

https://youtu.be/JKkWY8t1xLs

 

[Albion Dan]

https://youtu.be/JKkWY8t1xLs

Of course how could I forget? Incredibly impressive seeing it all come together! If only we could produce goal scorers! Let's hope Swiss Andy comes good.

 

[The Wizard]

Don’t you love a made up sky sports rumour so they can plug a scouting app, looks a lot like a paid advertisement to me.

 

[dazzer6666]

Boy’s doing alright.....

 

[MJsGhost]

Its undoubtedly mentioned somewhere else in this thread but I can't be arsed to trawl - who is White's agent?

Alex Levack

 

[Eric Youngs Contact Lense]

https://youtu.be/JKkWY8t1xLs

he looks right-footed in the clips.. definitely playing at LWB though..

 

[Eric Youngs Contact Lense]

We will when the silly offers come in and the players understandably want out to a big club and I’m not talking about the Mighty Leeds.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55146257 This article resonates and the approach of Sevilla looks very similar to ours as a strategy and the increased use of data to support/counter the subjective views of scouts .. its a question of time before we sell big and continue to do so, but the trick is to continue to feed the pipeline, punctuated by good "value" experienced players..