Liverpool are set to go for Arsenal’s Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in the January transfer window. Oxlade-Chamberlain is one of the players Liverpool have identified.
Oxlade-Chamberlain has scored six times in all competitions this season but has become frustrated by his inability to pin down a regular position in Arsène Wenger’s team, starting only eight Premier League matches and lasting the full 90 minutes on only one occasion, when West Ham were beaten 5-1 in early December.
At 23, however, he is still young in football terms and a player who joined Arsenal from Southampton for £12m in 2011, shortly before his 18th birthday, would still be a relatively expensive acquisition, with a valuation in today’s market in the region of £20m-£25m.
Arsenal were open to the idea of selling him in the summer but Wenger stated recently that he wanted the player to sign a new contract and remain at the club for what should be the best years of his career. Arsenal, however, have not shown any great desire to instigate talks even though a number of clubs, including Manchester City, Leicester City and Southampton have persistently been linked with a player who has 24 England caps.
