Oxlade-Chamberlain has made 29 Liverpool appearances this season and scored three times, but has only started 28% of the Reds’ Premier League games during the campaign. He has fierce competition to play in the midfield three, with the likes of Thiago Alcantara, Jordan Henderson and Naby Keita ahead of the England international in the pecking order.
Ex-Everton and Arsenal player Campbell believes the Ox needs to leave Anfield in search of more game time elsewhere. The pundit told Football Insider:
Oxlade-Chamberlain yet to rediscover best Liverpool form since injury
Having signed from Premier League rivals Arsenal in 2017, the former Southampton player had a storming start to his Reds career and was a regular member of Jurgen Klopp’s midfield trio.
However, following a horrific ACL injury he suffered in the Champions League semi-final victory over Roma in 2018, Oxlade-Chamberlain missed well over a year’s worth of action, including England’s semi-final World Cup run in Russia.
It’s fair to say he hasn’t reached those heights since the injury, having not played for his country since November 2019. The 28-year-old currently has 35 England caps and seven goals in those appearances.
Klopp is a big fan of Oxlade-Chamberlain’s, telling The Guardian last year:
The midfielder’s current Liverpool contract expires at the end of next season.
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