Arsenal: Calum Chambers still carries so much investment

Arsenal got a chance to get Calum Chambers back out there on the pitch, but need we remind how much investment he still carries with him?

The further Arsenal progress into as many competitions as possible, the more we can give younger players chances to rise up and prove that maybe an extra transfer isn’t needed, that they can do the job.

I don’t think anyone is closer to proving that than Calum Chambers. More so than Rob Holding. More so than Reiss Nelson. Simply because of all these players, no one has more experience than Calum Chambers at the Premier League level. No one has shown more incredible glimpses at the Premier League level.

Chambers has been out injured since October, but was able to play against FC Koln, despite being inexplicably forced to play right wingback while Debuchy took up a spot in the center of the pitch where, to his credit, he has been doing quite well.

The thing with Chambers is that he has such a strong resume. He’s like that job candidate that has all of this training, all of this proven experience and you look at it and you think “well of course he’s going to be great, look at this experience.”

He held down a relegated Middlesbrough defense. He was an adequate left back, he played defensive midfield, he cost Arsenal £16m and he is still – still – only 22 years old. There are 25, 26 year old defenders that don’t have that kind of experience.

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And I thought Arsene Wenger agreed with me up until that Koln starting XI. First of all, because he spent that initial fee on him, and it would be crazy at this point to see that go to waste.

Then there is the fact that he sold Gabriel Paulista and left his three-back team with just six centerbacks. Clearly Chambers factors into that, lest we would have compensated for the future.

Not just that, but Chambers was the subject of a ton of interest this past summer, from his superb showings at Boro. Yet he didn’t move because according to the reports, Wenger was looking for £20m+ for the young Englishman, meaning that Wenger values him at that price, which is something to marvel at, seeing as how he sold Gabriel for chump chane.

There is just a lot here that indicates that Chambers has a future here and it’s time that we see all of that put into action, assuming he is healthy enough to play.

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Holding may have “unseated” Chambers, but in my estimation, I still think Chambers is the closest thing we have to a Premier League-ready young centerback.

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