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title: "Aston Villa: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain available"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/aston-villa-transfer-news-alex-oxlade-chamberlain-available-steven-gerrard/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "David Comerford"
section: "Aston Villa News"
published: "2022-06-07T16:45:39Z"
modified: "2022-06-07T16:45:39Z"
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# Aston Villa: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain available

**Liverpool are apparently willing to listen to offers for reported Aston Villa target Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.**

### The lowdown

[The Daily Mirror’s chief football writer](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/alex-oxlade-chamberlain-transfer-liverpool-27062217?_ga=2.148648946.471518576.1654502467-1504247392.1626470296) John Cross wrote late in May that Villa are keen to sign Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Villa are said to be on ‘red alert’ as they potentially look to pounce on a player Steven Gerrard has ‘long’ admired.

Oxlade-Chamberlain, who has won the Premier League and Champions League at Anfield, is [out of contract in 2023](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alex-oxlade-chamberlain/leistungsdaten/spieler/143424).

Cross suggested that [an offer in excess of £10million](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/alex-oxlade-chamberlain-transfer-liverpool-27062217?_ga=2.148648946.471518576.1654502467-1504247392.1626470296) may be enough to tempt Liverpool.

### The latest

Paul Joyce, Northern Football Correspondent for [The Times](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/james-milner-agrees-one-year-contract-extension-with-liverpool-pnpg92vm7), shared an update on Oxlade-Chamberlain in an article on Monday.

The Reds will allow the Englishman to depart the club this summer if they receive a suitable bid.

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### The verdict

Oxlade-Chamberlain will surely be open to departing. [His last appearance](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alex-oxlade-chamberlain/leistungsdaten/spieler/143424) of the 2021/22 season came in an FA Cup quarterfinal against Nottingham Forest on March 20.

This isn’t doing his hopes of adding to his [35 England caps](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alex-oxlade-chamberlain/nationalmannschaft/spieler/143424) any good whatsoever.

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The 28-year-old is a [highly versatile player](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alex-oxlade-chamberlain/leistungsdaten/spieler/143424/plus/0?saison=ges), having been deployed in central midfield and on both flanks.

Jurgen Klopp even [fielded him as a centre-forward](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alex-oxlade-chamberlain/leistungsdaten/spieler/143424/plus/0?saison=2021) when Aston Villa visited Anfield in December 2021.

Gerrard would potentially value this, while [he’s also commended](https://www.thesportreview.com/2018/04/liverpool-fc-latest-news-oxlade-chamberlain-class-gerrard/) the player’s ‘power’, ‘speed’ and ‘class’ during a punditry stint at BT Sport.

Oxlade-Chamberlain even [said during his time at Arsenal](https://dailycannon.com/2017/05/oxlade-chamberlain-ive-always-wanted-to-be-steven-gerrard/) that he’s ‘always wanted to be Steven Gerrard’, and so he may relish the chance to work with him.

**In other news, [Steven Gerrard has a left-back target in mind](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/aston-villa-news/aston-villa-transfer-news-quentin-merlin-a-target-steven-gerrard/).**