Campbell and Sunu heading for Lorient
New signing Joel Campbell is to join FC Lorient on loan for the 2011/12 season, while young forward Gilles Sunu has completed a permanent move to the French side.
The 19-year-old Costa Rica international Campbell has played two seasons at senior level in his native Primera Division with Deportivo Saprissa and on loan at Puntarenas, making a total of eight league appearances. He heads to Ligue 1 to gain further first-team experience this term.
Gilles Sunu (20) joins Lorient on a permanent basis, having spent the latter half of the 2010/11 campaign on loan with Christian Gourcuff’s side.
The former French youth International joined Arsenal in the summer of 2007, emerging as a key player in the 2009 FA Youth Cup-winning team.
He made his first-team debut in a Carling Cup win over West Bromwich Albion in 2009/10, before coming on as a substitute in the UEFA Champions League match against Olympiacos in Athens later that term. He was a member of the France side that won the European Under-19 Championships in July 2010.
Everyone at Arsenal Football Club would like to wish both Campbell and Sunu well in Northern France, and thank Gilles for his contribution to the Club.
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/campbell-and-sunu-heading-for-lorient
