West Ham offered Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain as Arsenal midfielder set to be shipped out this summer
09:12, 23 APR 2016 UPDATED 09:15, 23 APR 2016
BY DARREN LEWIS
The confirmation that the 22-year-old attacker is available at the end of the season is sure to spark a scramble for his services
Heading for the exit? Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has been offered to West Ham
Arsenal's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has been offered to West Ham .
The confirmation that the 22-year-old attacker is available this summer is sure to spark a scramble for his services.
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is poised to stage a clearout this summer following the club’s title failure with several players set to be moved on.
Ambitious West Ham are set to move to the Olympic Stadium next season and remain in the hunt for a shock top-four place.
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Versatile Oxlade-Chamberlain has 24 caps for England and last scored for the Three Lions in their European Championship qualifying win over Lithuania in October.
Yet he is unlikely to go to this summer’s European Championships after being hit by a knee injury suffered in the Champions League last-16 first leg defeat to Barcelona.
He moved to north London in a high-profile switch from Southampton in 2011. The England international was seen back than as one of the most exciting talents in the country.
But he has had to compete with a starting spot at Arsenal with the likes of Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil and Santi Cazorla.
Young Alex Iwobi, who has burst onto the scene so impressively this season, has also now moved above Oxlade Chamberlain in the pecking order.
Earlier this month Southampton legend Matt Le Tissier suggested the Ox should rejoin the Saints to revive his outstanding talents under Ronald Koeman.
Le Tissier told Mirror Sport: “He’s a very good player. He’s obviously suffered with injuries in the last couple of seasons so he’s not really been a regular in that Arsenal side.
“If the boy wants to play regular first team football and to be a first choice in the team then sure it’s realistic. It’s not like he’d be dropping down to the bottom half of the table.”
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