Ben White became the highlight of the Arsenal parade after playing pranks on Viktor Gyokeres, Martin Odegaard and Declan Rice but Leandro Trossard gave it back in a humble way
12:23, 01 Jun 2026Updated 12:36, 01 Jun 2026
Ben White of Arsenal celebrates with the Premier League trophy on the open top bus during the Arsenal Parade
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Ben White of Arsenal celebrates with the Premier League trophy on the open top bus during the Arsenal Parade(Image: Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)
Arsenal celebrated their Premier League title and FIFA Women's Champions Cup with a parade, which is understood to have drawn close to a million people to North London. The Gunners men’s and women’s players and club staff were housed on four open-top red London buses, accompanied by plenty of security staff, but, most importantly, equipped with speakers and a microphone.
This was often seen in the hands of a certain Benjamin White. The right-back has missed chunks of the season and, sadly, the UEFA Champions League final after suffering a major knee injury, which requires him to be in a brace.
This, however, did not stop the England international from becoming the story of the parade from a player’s perspective. Plenty of fans have caught the defender enjoying himself, and the parade stream captured plenty of his antics. As a result, football.london have compiled every hilarious thing we noticed White getting up to at the parade.
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Bye-bye sunglasses!
Many fans will have seen the fantastic scenes of Ben White taking captain Martin Odegaard’s sunglasses and launching them into the crowd. You can even see the ‘No!’ from Odegaard as he helplessly watches his shades fall away from his reach, the only reaction from White, a calm grin.
But Odegaard was not the only VIKtim. Viktor Gyokeres also fell foul of this, his orange polarised shades, which were sent into the crowd, too.
The look on the Swedish striker’s face again shocked at what he had just had occur to him. What a trouble-maker who presumably owes his teammates some rather expensive refunds.
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A new chant?
In all the seriousness of Arsenal’s Champions League semi-final win over Atletico Madrid, Piero Hincapie, unfortunately, for him at least, found himself in a situation any footballer, or any person, I would assume, never wants to be in.
In front of thousands on a football pitch, being caught with your shorts anywhere other than where they should be. A sliding tackle and an unfortunately timed landing sent the left-back’s shorts down his legs, revealing his backside.
Ben White has already been seen in celebrations, taunting the player and pretending to repeat the incident in a far more premeditated fashion. But on the parade, instead, when on the microphone, he could be heard singing, “Hincapie, get your bum out!”
Who would have thought it… Other than White, obviously.
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Lunchtime!
One of the pieces of advice given to supporters attending the parade was to make sure they had packed plenty of food and water as access to both was far from guaranteed, especially in the busier sections of the parade. White may have forgotten his lunch because he relied on the crowd to help him.
Big Juicy Burgers was a burger place on the parade route, and it is alleged that a burger was wrapped up and thrown at the bus, which White caught. Videos show White chowing down on the burger and then later commenting on their Instagram page to praise the gesture.
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Rice, Rice baby!
Declan Rice has been a standout player for the club again this season, and naturally, when he arrived at Arsenal, so did the song ‘Ice Ice Baby!’ by Vanilla Ice. Again on the microphone, White applied ultimate peer pressure to get his England teammate to sing the lyrics when it came on over the PA system.
Initially, Rice clearly didn’t want to be caught singing, but after shouting, ‘Let’s go now!’ in his ear, it was enough to kick off the rap!
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A taste of your own medicine
But White didn’t get away without a little banter at his own expense. One clip from the parade shows Leandro Trossard sitting at the back with White.
White, trying to get a bit more comfortable, lifts up his significant knee brace encasing his right leg. Trossard cannot help but give it a few taps and chuckle.
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About time White got a little taste of his own medicine. Knowing him, he was sure to take it in good spirits.
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