Arsenal in fresh blow with Ben White ruled OUT of clash against Chelsea with Covid after falling ‘unwell’
ARSENAL have suffered another blow with Ben White ruled OUT of their clash against Chelsea with Covid.
The £50m defender wasn't in the Gunners squad at the Emirates for Sunday's showdown.
It comes amid a huge Covid outbreak at the North London club, with at least FOUR first-team squad members being struck down.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette both missed out in their opening day defeat at Brentford.
Willian also tested positive for the virus, amid a disastrous start to the season for Mikel Arteta.
White was expected to start against the Blues today, .
The England centre-back played the full 90-minutes of their 2-0 loss at the Bees last Friday.
The 23-year-old was set to face off against Romelu Lukaku, who rejoined Chelsea for £100m.
But Arteta is without one of his key players, in what has been a turbulent few weeks for his side.
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Arsenal will also be without Thomas Partey and Eddie Nketiah today, who are recovering from injury.
Arteta said this week: "Auba tested positive for COVID-19 and was unavailable for last Friday’s match at Brentford.
"Auba is now negative on COVID-19 testing, is well and following all protocols for return to play.
"He will return to training and be assessed prior to Sunday’s match."