Arsenal clash with ex-Chelsea boss ahead of sensitive White U-turn talks

Mikel Arteta and Thomas Tuchel could be in for some awkward encounters in the coming months as Arsenal look to ‘secure’ one of their England internationals.

Arteta and Tuchel have a strong public relationship, with the former calling the latter “one of the best coaches in the world” when he was appointed to succeed Gareth Southgate in England.

The Arsenal manager added that he “spoke to some of the players and they immediately had a smile on their face,” though He was not moved to discuss the future of Three Lions sacked Benjamin White..

Arteta has faced Tuchel five times in his coaching career, winning two out of three against the German’s Chelsea side, before Bayern in last season’s Champions League quarter-finals. Lost to Munich on aggregate.

But now the pair will go head-to-head once again, with Tuchel officially starting his role as England head coach. A conversation with White is planned.Declan Rice is likely to remain crucial to his country’s hopes of winning silverware and Saka has become one of their best players.

But along with Saka after hamstring surgery, Sami Mokbal of the The Daily Mail Says it will be ‘interesting’ to see where he fits into the England picture in Tuchel’s first games.

The German starts in March with a World Cup qualifying double-header against Albania and Latvia, while Arsenal are ‘hopeful’ to have Saka back in training by the end of February.

It is possible that, depending on the recovery process, Saka will not be available until April, but the initial plan is for him to be presented sometime in March – a month in which Arsenal face both Manchester United and Chelsea. Will have to.

Tuchel may thus consider calling him up for these England fixtures.

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Mokbal writes, ‘It goes without saying that Saka will be one of the first names picked in the England squad when fit. ‘It also goes without saying that Arsenal will want to protect their star forward during the early stages of his return to the game.’

Arteta feels Ethan Nwaneri “could adapt” to help fill the void left by Saka’s injury, especially at the back. His stunning Premier League debut against Brentford.

“Part of this development is to be patient, to manage disappointment or to manage expectations, or you expect everything to go as quickly as previous things happen and it doesn’t,” Arteta said. said

“So we’re building him up, he’s already played a lot of games for his age, a lot of minutes and he fully deserves it.”

The Arsenal manager also hopes White can return to action soon after his knee problem.

“It could be a possibility,” he said of the defenseman’s chances of playing this month, “but he hasn’t done anything with the team yet. The knee is looking good, but it’s going to be loaded.” need.

“I’m sure he’ll be back very soon, but we’ll have to see.”