Arsenal defender Chambers to join Fulham on season-long loan

Fulham are set to make it a magnificent seven summer signings by finally snapping up Arsenal defender Calum Chambers.

Newly-promoted Fulham have agreed a deal to sign Chambers on a season-long loan from the Gunners.

Chambers, 23, signed a new four-year Arsenal deal last month and had been earmarked for a starting centre-back role by Unai Emery.

But the new Arsenal boss has favoured Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Shkodran Mustafi in pre-season aand Fulham have stepped in to offer Chambers regular top-flight football this season.

They tried to sign Chambers last summer and were keen again a year on before he signed his improved Arsenal contract.

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Leicester and Brighton had also expressed interest but Fulham are poised to finally land their man and continue their busy summer of activity.

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