Arsenal transfer news: Joel Campbell joins Sporting Lisbon on season-long loan deal
Costa Rica international forward, 24, joins Portuguese club side despite playing 30 times under boss Arsene Wenger last season
JOEL CAMPBELL has been sent out for a FIFTH loan spell by Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger.
Costa Rica forward Campbell, 24, has agreed to join Portuguese outfit Sporting Lisbon on a season-long loan deal.
Campbell has completed a medical and announced the move through his Twitter account.
He featured 30 times in a Gunners shirt last season but despite Wenger failing to bring in attacking reinforcements over the summer, Campbell has again been farmed out for yet another loan stint.
Campbell told Sporting's official site: "I came to be champion! I want to came to create the best of impressions and repay the trust that was placed in me.
"It is true that I talked with Bryan Ruiz, who I spoke highly of the club.
"However, it was the support given by the president and the coach who helped make my decision,
"I only promise a lot of work. Sacrifice.
"Delivery to 100 percent and I think the results will come for you. I know what I can do and I hope everything goes well."
Campbell signed from Costa Rican side Saprissa in 2011 before Wenger sent him out on loan to Lorient, Betis, Olympiacos, Villarreal.
He is likely to be joined in heading away from The Emirates with Serge Gnabry set to leave for the Bundesliga with both Mainz and Hertha Berlin in the hunt.