Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain arranged for his team-mates to sign a football for a young Burnley supporter who had been visibly upset after the clubs’ recent clash at Turf Moor.
The Liverpool Echo reported that the England international sought out his team-mates to sign the ball and take photos with 10-year-old Josh McLean after he noticed the child sobbing amid a crowd of adults trying to get autographs.
Liverpool-focused Twitter channel The Kopite highlighted the 26-year-old’s kind gesture via @TheKopiteOFF.
Alex Oxlade Chamberlain got the whole #LFC squad to sign a ball and have photos after seeing a young fan ‘sobbing’.
After the Game the young Burnley fan was pushed out and couldn’t get any autographs from the Burnley team.
Ox noticed and appeared with the whole squad! pic.twitter.com/vtnFoWeNU9
— The Kopite (@TheKopiteOFF) September 8, 2019
According to the Liverpool Echo, Josh’s father Nathan put the child on his shoulders to try and get players’ attention by holding up the ball and it was then that Oxlade-Chamberlain noticed the boy crying.
The Liverpool midfielder took the ball and re-emerged from the team’s coach a few minutes later with the ball containing signatures from multiple Reds players, some of whom also posed for photos with Josh. [via Liverpool Echo]
These Liverpool fans took to Twitter to commend Oxlade-Chamberlain for his gesture:
https://twitter.com/dujematosic77/status/1170696561891971072
Amazing, memories he’ll treasure
— Cathy Sirett (@CombatCathy) September 8, 2019
what football should be all about
— thedonnypele (@paulod79) September 8, 2019
https://twitter.com/MarkEll28517175/status/1170763361774186499
Quality this by @Alex_OxChambo
— Joshua Harrop (@JJBHarrop) September 8, 2019
Ox is a class act. And if the kid isn’t already a #LFC fan, he ought to think about being one. #YNWA
— oneday@atime (@ianwyj) September 8, 2019
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