Cardiff close to signing Aston Villa's Chambers

Cardiff City are closing successful connected nan signing of Aston Villa defender Calum Chambers.

England world Chambers has a twelvemonth to tally connected his Villa statement but will beryllium allowed to time off nan Premier League club.

The 29-year-old erstwhile Arsenal subordinate is expected to motion a imperishable woody pinch Championship Cardiff.

He made only 5 top-flight appearances past season, besides featuring 3 times successful nan Europa Conference League.

Chambers, who tin play successful cardinal defence aliases astatine right-back, has made 36 appearances successful full since joining Villa successful January 2022, a move which ended an eight-year relation pinch Arsenal.

He joined nan Gunners from Southampton for £16m successful 2014, having played 25 times for Saints aft coming done their academy.

He played 122 games for Arsenal, scoring 5 goals, while he besides had indebtedness spells successful nan Premier League pinch Middlesbrough and Fulham.

Chambers' 3 England caps came successful 2014.

He is poised to go 1 of Cardiff’s first signings this summer, pinch nan Welsh nine besides poised to motion erstwhile Queens Park Rangers winger Chris Willock.