{"id":608963,"date":"2022-01-27T16:53:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T21:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=608963"},"modified":"2022-01-27T16:53:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T21:53:53","slug":"aston-villa-calum-chambers-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/27\/aston-villa-calum-chambers-arsenal\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa Complete Signing of Defender Calum Chambers From Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/26\/aston-villa-transfer-news-rodrigo-bentancur\/\" target=\"_self\">Aston Villa<\/a> have completed the signing of defender Calum Chambers from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/26\/arthur-melo-arsenal-unlikely\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal<\/a> on a free transfer. Chambers, who has three caps for England, was out of contract this summer at the Emirates and has signed a three-and-a-half-year deal at Villa Park. He becomes new Villains boss Steven Gerrard&#8217;s fourth signing since taking over. Chambers follows <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/07\/phillipe-coutinho-joins-steven-gerrards-aston-villa-on-loan\/\" target=\"_self\">Philippe Coutinho<\/a> on loan from Barcelona, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/10\/lucas-digne-aston-villa-move-edging-closer\/\" target=\"_self\">Lucas Digne<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/21\/no-contact-from-everton-as-club-legend-remains-coy-on-links\/\" target=\"_self\">Everton<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/18\/aston-villa-confirm-robin-olsen-loan-deal\/\" target=\"_self\">Robin Olsen<\/a> on loan from Roma.<\/p>\n<h2>Calum Chambers Leaves Arsenal for Aston Villa<\/h2>\n<h3>Chambers Exited to be at Aston Villa<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome to Aston Villa Football Club, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CalumChambers95?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@CalumChambers95<\/a>. \u270d\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aston Villa (@AVFCOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AVFCOfficial\/status\/1486787905532174339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Speaking after he was announced as Aston Villa&#8217;s newest signing, Calum Chambers spoke of his excitement at joining the club. He told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avfc.co.uk\/news\/2022\/january\/27\/chambers--villa-move-was-a--no-brainer--for-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official website<\/a> of Aston Villa: \u201cIt\u2019s a massive club and they\u2019re in a great moment at this moment in time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a very exciting place to be and everyone can see that from the outside. Things are happening here and it\u2019s definitely moving in the right direction. For me, it was a no-brainer to join a great club. It was the right thing for me to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a great club, it\u2019s a massive club. I\u2019ve played at Villa Park a few times and it\u2019s a great stadium with a great set of fans.\u00a0The manager did very well at Rangers. He\u2019s a young, exciting manager and I can\u2019t wait to work with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Chambers Leaves Arsenal After Almost Eight Years<\/h3>\n<p>Calum Chambers spent almost eight years in London with Arsenal. He signed as a 19-year-old for an undisclosed fee that had the potential to rise to \u00a316 million in 2014 after impressing at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/26\/southampton-expected-to-attempt-permanent-deal-for-armando-broja\/\" target=\"_self\">Southampton<\/a> as a teenager. He would go on to play 122 games for the Gunners in all competitions, winning the Community Shield in 2014 and the FA Cup in 2015. The central defender, who can also play at full-back and as a defensive midfielder, would also become a full England international while at the club.<\/p>\n<p>However, as game time was not guaranteed, Chambers was sent out on loan twice. Firstly to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/01\/08\/arsenal-new-striker-signing-planned-folarin-balogun-to-join-middlesbrough-on-loan\/\" target=\"_self\">Middlesbrough<\/a> and then to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/09\/09\/real-madrid-fulham-fabio-carvalho\/\" target=\"_self\">Fulham<\/a> where his performances would earn him their Player of the Season award.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"YcWW2NXCRmZ-ILtUe6g2Aw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1366260462\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'YcWW2NXCRmZ-ILtUe6g2Aw',sig:'Yu_b6_33lE5N1ch-P16azdDpf-FDEaoSx1CTxi9ak5A=',w:'594px',h:'456px',items:'1366260462',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defender Calum Chambers has completed his move from Arsenal to Aston Villa on a free transfer. 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