Ben White has not been named in the Arsenal matchday squad for the Premier League match against Fulham on Tuesday. Bukayo Saka is deemed fit enough to make the bench after missing four months out with injury.
[White himself has struggled for fitness this season but had made a return prior to the international break.](https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/news/arsenal-boss-mikel-arteta-sheds-31207631) The defender has not started a match since November.
Arsenal added to their team news post on X (formerly Twitter) "Ben White misses out." He was an unused substitute against both Manchester United and Chelsea before the two-and-a-half week hiatus.
White only played the final stages of February's draw and defeat to Nottingham Forest and West Ham respectively. In his place at full-back is Jurrien Timber.
Elsewhere in the squad and Ethan Nwaneri starts on the right as Saka is eased back into the mix. Gabriel Martinelli is on the left with Mikel Merino continuing on up front.
The midfield is at full strength with Declan Rice operating with Thomas Partey and Martin Odegaard. Myles Lewis-Skelly is in at left-back with Riccardo Calafiori out for a number of weeks.
David Raya is then behind William Saliba and Gabriel Magalhaes as usual. Jim Gower, 20, makes the bench. He is an academy midfielder from Hale End.
As for White, he has only managed 16 appearances for Arsenal in total this season and missed nearly three months with a knee injury. That required surgery and he has been carefully managed since then.
Saka is now being integrated following his own lengthy absence. He suffered a hamstring injury in December away at Crystal Palace.
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