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Arsenal legend Ian Wright said Ben White is one of five stars who can count themselves very unlucky not to be included in Gareth Southgate’s latest England squad.

The former Three Lions striker believes the Gunners’ £50million summer recruit should have been called up for this month’s World Cup qualifiers.

Wrighty also believes West Ham duo Aaron Cresswell and Jarrod Bowen, Crystal Palace midfielder Conor Gallagher, and Milan centre-back Fikayo Tomori were unfairly overlooked for the 25-man group.

He tweeted: “I’ve been there where form is ignored and certain players are guaranteed spots. It’s hard to take because there is nothing else you can do.

“I don’t know what Tomori needs to do get in and get a chance. Cresswell, Bowen, White, Gallagher will all be gutted.”

Former England striker Bent, agreed, telling talkSPORT: “He [White] must be thinking, ‘If I don’t get in now am I ever going to get in?’”

Southgate also revealed Arsenal star Emile Smith Rowe was close to a call-up.

The versatile midfielder, 21, has starred for the in-form Gunners in recent weeks but was not picked.

When asked about Smith Rowe and other Under-21s prospects, England manager Gareth Southgate said: “At the moment, we think it’s a little early for some of those guys to come in.

“We could put them in and they would be absolutely fine by the way, but we think the players we’ve picked are just a little bit ahead at the moment.”

And the Gunners are one of a number of European giants thought to be in the running to sign Belgium skipper Eden Hazard from Real Madrid.

Arsenal are joint-second favourites alongside Juventus to land the playmaker, 30, at odds of 16/1 with Sky Bet.

Hazard was often regarded as the best player in the Prem during a seven-year spell with Chelsea which ended in 2019, and the Blues are favourites to re-sign him at 2/1.