Arsenal defender Calum Chambers has departed the club on a permanent basis to link up with Aston Villa, it has been confirmed on Thursday night.
The news of Chambers’ departure from Arsenal came as a huge shock to the Gunners’ fan base.
The deal is reportedly worth just £2m plus add ons with his salaries saved as his contract ces to an end this summer.
‘’Calum Chambers has joined Aston Villa in a permanent transfer for an undisclosed fee,” an official statement from Arsenal on the club’s website.
‘‘We wish Calum all the best for the next chapter in his career and thank him for his contribution to Arsenal over the past eight seasons,” Arsenal.com further said.
‘’Aston Villa is delighted to announce the signing of Calum Chambers from Arsenal.
‘’The versatile defender, who can operate at both centre-back and right-back, has agreed a three-and-a-half-year deal,” Aston Villa announced on its website afterwards.
Izuchukwu OkosiIzuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.