Alex Oxlade Chamberlain aka "The Ox"

[rudedog]

Erm yeah I know mate, not sure you got the sarcasm.

His wages are now "finally" freed up for hopefully a quality replacement or addition that will provide value for money and which help buy new players to make us better.... like say MacAllister whom everyone is pretty excited about. Getting rid of dead wood, providing no value for money & replacing them with new shiny new talented players that can hopefully provide value for money.... is a good thing & a thing to be very happy about for us lot. We need make every penny to matter when we are up vs the likes of City, who can make lots of mistakes and not suffers the ramifications of those mistakes. I couldn't give two ****s about his feelings, he'll do better in life than all of us put together, he won't be calling the Samaritans any time soon. Club is bigger than any player and this is a good thing.

So in short, it's ****ing great he gone, good luck and good riddance.

(Few edits)

Can you just give it a rest, please? You don't need to repeat yourself endlessly every time someone has a different opinion.

[danperkins]

I have having a discussion with Five thank you very much.

[RedReet]

Agree with both of you, but imo have been prudent with a shorter contract under the circumstances with option to extend, rather than 4 years. But he was looking good after he came back iirc.

Ox handled it well; from the Guardian:

Liverpool, and the player, knew the full extent of the injury within days of the semi-final first‑leg win at Anfield but did not go public with the prognosis at the request of the England international. Oxlade-Chamberlain did not want the severity of his ligament damage to disturb teammates’ preparations for the Champions League final against Real Madrid in May and kept the news between himself, Klopp and the medical staff involved in his recovery.

Biggest mistake was ignoring his injury record in the first place I think, hopefully lesson learned there.

Financially it probably wasn't the greatest decision, but who knows how much that good will (for all players, not just the ones who didn't work out) played a part in improving squad harmony and contributing to us over achieving when we were on top. We've known all along we can't go toe to toe with City, so we're constantly trying to find marginal gains elsewhere.

Lots of our players got big contract boosts, shortly after signing. Some paid off some didn't, but considering the success we've had, I think it was the right call and it's foolish to cherry pick the ones that didn't work to hammer home an agenda and bore the whole world with self congratulating.

[Fivex]

Yeah, completely agree. We might not have signed several crucial players since, if we’d earned a reputation as a club who is happy to **** on its own players, for example. And then there’s the behind the scenes stuff like squad harmony as you mention, which isn’t as tangible but still makes a difference overall to some degree

[danperkins]

Prob best we move this to the general football thread

[Rich]

No news about his next club?

[red g]

In talks with Villa according to various sources.

Done well if he gets that gig, I thought he might end up back at Southampton.

[Paul12]

No news about his next club?

And no news on Bobby....because he is staying?????

[Angryred]

And no news on Bobby....because he is staying?????

& after all that shebang on leaving so we can do it again next year?!!

[Paul12]

Sounds like there are no takers so far, at least not on terms he fancies. And he has now presumably missed pre-season.

Football can be glamorous, but it can also be a cruel career choice.

[fabinho]

Sounds like there are no takers so far, at least not on terms he fancies. And he has now presumably missed pre-season.

Football can be glamorous, but it can also be a cruel career choice.

Yep, I bet the multimillionaire, engaged to a pop star, 29 year old retirey and former Liverpool and Arsenal player rues the day he chose football as a career!

[spud_gun]

Yep, I bet the multimillionaire, engaged to a pop star, 29 year old retirey and former Liverpool and Arsenal player rues the day he chose football as a career!

[Angryred]

Yep, I bet the multimillionaire, engaged to a pop star, 29 year old retirey and former Liverpool and Arsenal player rues the day he chose football as a career!

I think he has the personality for TV as a presenter or pundit.

[lickedlollipop]

https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/alex-oxlade-chamberlain-completes-move-besiktas?amp=1

Good luck

[baitman]

Dance on, soul brother