Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has been linked to Aston Villa as his contract at Liverpool ended and he was given a send-off along with the other departing players.
The midfielder has been linked previously with Aston Villa and is eager to join the club who are vying for success and silverware. The Southampton academy product moved to Liverpool in 2017 from Arsenal but his time at Anfield has been plagued with injury.
However, the Englishman did win the Premier League and the Champions League with Klopp and his team. Though his contribution was scarce during most of his Liverpool career, he was a popular figure during Liverpool’s title-winning season.
Now, after the 5th place finish from the Reds, he would be leaving the club as a free agent. The 29-year-old is looking for his next challenge. And he’s intent on proving to people he still possesses the ability and level of performance that has seen him play regularly at the top of English football for the last decade.
Oxlade-Chamberlain: Ex-Liverpool player to Aston Villa?
The 29-year-old back in March had been linked to Aston Villa, Brighton, and Newcastle Utd. All three clubs have had an amazing season and secured one or the other form of European spot.
The midfielder is keen to continue playing at the highest level and for as long as possible. Moreover, he’s eager to join a club who have ambitions to achieve big things, and importantly where he’ll play often.
While talking to Mirror Football, he revealed that he would want to emulate the success he has had at Merseyside.
“I still want success, I’ve had a taste of it here, they’ve been the best years ever. So, if by any chance I can have another sniff of achieving anything like that again, then I’d bite your hand off.
I think I need to go and play somewhere as consistently as possible. They say you’re coming into your peak at 29, so I want to go and test myself, play consistently somewhere. I’m still hungry, I still feel I have a lot of games left in me and a lot of energy left in me.
I don’t like to say a point to prove, but that’s always been my attitude. From when I went to Arsenal, I felt like that. When I went to Liverpool, that’s how I felt. When I walked through the door, I felt like I needed to do that. It’s the same again. To prove myself and to prove the people out there to show what I’m capable of still doing.”
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