Ben White 'brave' for his England boycott - Arteta - video Dailymotion

Mikel Arteta supports Arsenal defender Ben White's decision to lift his boycott of the England national team.

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00:00The just opinion I can take was for, because I was very involved in the moment that that

00:07happened and I know how Ben felt and that was for me very, very clear that the reason

00:13why he made that decision, how he was feeling about it and how struggling he was.

00:17So certainly it wasn't about that, it was about being the opposite, just facing the

00:22situation and say I cannot handle with it now and I know the best person to represent

00:27that country in the way I feel right now.

00:31So for me it was completely the opposite, I think not a lot of people would do it, what

00:35a lot of people would do is hide in that context, in that environment and let time go and nobody

00:40talk about it.

00:41What he did in my opinion was very brave and not a lot of people would have done it.