Arsenal: Calum Chambers needs shot at a future for more than one reason

Arsenal were quick to loan out Calum Chambers, despite his obvious merits, but he needs a future at the Emirates for more than one reason.

Arsenal‘s defense is always going to be the subject of intense speculation, especially when you have the likes of Calum Chambers sent out on loan while the defense has fallen a bit short-staffed at times.

I have been good about not bringing this up too often. At the start of the season, I was pretty irked that Unai Emery, after singing Chambers’ praises, would then see him loaned away to Fulham, where the Englishman has only now started to find his footing.

What irked me most, though, was the fact that he had already done this. He did it for Boro, he was incredibly convincing, and he came back to the Emirates with a fresh lease on life at Arsenal, and he lived up to that billing when he was called upon in the starting XI.

Apparently the club thought otherwise. But Emery still held to his statement that Chambers was a part of the Gunners’ future, even as he packed himself for a year long stay at Fulham.

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There isn’t a lot of chatter about Chambers coming back to the club. Rather, there is far more chatter surrounding potential centerback signings, ignoring that Chambers is still out there, deserving of that chance hen never fully got.

Chambers was just starting to showcase his tremendous talent at the club, and the improvements he had made, when it was called to a premature end. But his talent alone isn’t the only reason that I’m really rooting for him to get another shot at the club.

The other reason is because Emery said he would. This may sound minuscule of perhaps petty, but after going through so many years of Arsene Wenger’s word games, and his ‘that player will not be sold’ before they actually were sold, I think we all grew a bit tired of the double-meanings.

This may sound stupid, but I want a manager whose word I trust. Wenger never explicitly lied, at least I don’t think he did so intentionally. But I would hate for one of Emery’s first to go… awry. Maybe this is a small gripe, but it just compiles on why Chambers needs another chance.

Not that we need another reason, I mean, the dude was just starting to come around.