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title: "Southampton ready to make offer for out of favour defender"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Daniel Emery"
section: "Features"
published: "2017-06-20T20:22:34Z"
modified: "2017-06-20T20:22:34Z"
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# Southampton ready to make offer for out of favour defender

Premier League side Southampton are ready to offer in excess of £16m for Arsenal defender Calum Chambers.

According to [Graeme Bailey, in the Gambling Times](https://www.thegamblingtimes.com/2017/06/20/southampton-keen-chambers-reunion/#.WUjtF95MD0Y.twitter), Southampton are prepared to make a bid in the region of the £20m.

[Arsenal](https://readarsenal.com/) signed Chambers from Southampton three years ago after the defender burst onto the scene in the [Premier League](https://readpl.com/) – making 22 appearances in the 2013/14 season.

![Alex Livesey/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/675135044.jpg)

Chambers has gone on to play 59 times for [Arsenal](https://readarsenal.com/) in all competitions, scoring three goals.

The 22-year-old spent last season on loan to [Premier League](https://readpl.com/) side Middlesbrough, playing 26 games as the Teeside club were relegated from the top-flight.

Despite their relegation, Middlesbrough boasted one of the best defensive records in the bottom half of the table, of which Chambers was an integral part.

The report claims that [Everton](https://readeverton.com/), [Bournemouth](https://readbournemouth.com/) and [Newcastle](https://readnewcastle.com/) are also keen and that Chambers will have talks with [Arsenal](https://readarsenal.com/) over his future when he returns from international duty.