Alex-Oxlade Chamberlain tries on his Liverpool shirt for size after agreeing to take a pay cut at Anfield
England midfielder could have trousered over £200,000-week at Chelsea; instead he's settled for £120,000 plus incentives
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KOP this... Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in a Liverpool shirt.
So it's official - the Ox has joined the Reds, his favourite boyhood team.
Not only that, he's taken a pay cut to be there.
Having rejected £180,000-a-week to stay at Arsenal, the 24-year-old midfielder was reportedly being lined up for £200,000-plus at Chelsea.
After turning that offer down in the interests of playing where he actually wants to - in central midfield - he's said to have to have agreed to £120,000, plus incentive bonuses.
Now at Anfield, Oxlade-Chamberlain is viewed as the long-term successor to James Milner.
Mind you, hopefully that doesn't mean filling in at left-back!
And he's hoping he gets more game time on Merseyside.
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Amazingly, the man who cost Arsenal £12million in 2011 made just 68 Premier League starts for the Gunners... and was a substitute 64 times.
Now the England man has the chance to put the record straight at Liverpool.
He's started pulling on his new shirt, which he hopes to wear regularly on the pitch - and not just on the bench.
The Ox's biggest problem at Arsenal was an inability to hold down a first-team place, especially as he'd like to play central and not wing-back.
The former Southampton player started all four of Arsenal's game this season - including Sunday's 4-0 hammering at Anfield.
But in the system that plays three at the back he's been playing further down the pitch than he's perhaps used to.
And in a world where footballers' wages are obscene it's nice to see a player take less in order to play where he wants to!
Juventus, meanwhile, are reportedly making one, final push of €25m for Liverpool midfielder Emre Can.
According to Juve are looking to sign a midfielder after losing Claudio Marchisio to injury.
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