“My mum was with me, we got the no, and she asked me what do I want to do and I said I wanted to be a footballer – so she got on the phone to clubs next day and then got me a trial.”Īrsenal visit Saints in need of a win after back-to-back defeats to Crystal Palace and White’s former side, Brighton, have hampered their top four hopes. “I got released at 16 and I always wanted to be a footballer so that’s what I continued to do. “Without all that experience I don't think I would be the same player as I am now.
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“They taught me the basics of football and the details of the game from a young age, how to be professional really. I was playing centre-midfield.”Īsked if the Saints philosophy still lives within him, he then admitted: “Yes, definitely. “I then had a trial game with Southampton for a lot of players from my area, for all of us to go up there and then my mum got a letter within a week and they said can you come up for a trial. Speaking in an interview with Ellevate released last month, White told of how his Saints connection began: “I started playing for my local side and we went on Saturday’s and stuff like that. The Poole-born defender is likely to start for Mikel Arteta’s Gunners, when they visit Saints on Saturday, April 16, off the back of a poor run for both sides.
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