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title: "Liverpool: Fans praise Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for gesture to young fan"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/liverpool-fans-praise-alex-oxlade-chamberlain-for-gesture-to-young-fan/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Liam Togher"
section: "Liverpool Football Club"
published: "2019-09-09T15:15:29Z"
modified: "2019-09-09T15:15:29Z"
---

# Liverpool: Fans praise Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for gesture to young fan

**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](https://www.skysports.com/football/burnley-vs-liverpool/408012).**

The [Liverpool Echo](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/alex-oxlade-chamberlain-gets-squad-16866927) reported that the [England international](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alex-oxlade-chamberlain/profil/spieler/143424) 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](https://twitter.com/TheKopiteOFF) highlighted the 26-year-old’s kind gesture via [@TheKopiteOFF](https://twitter.com/TheKopiteOFF/status/1170683392649809921).

> Alex Oxlade Chamberlain got the whole [#LFC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 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](https://t.co/vtnFoWeNU9)
>
> — The Kopite (@TheKopiteOFF) [September 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/TheKopiteOFF/status/1170683392649809921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

According to the [Liverpool Echo](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/alex-oxlade-chamberlain-gets-squad-16866927), 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. \[[via Liverpool Echo](https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/alex-oxlade-chamberlain-gets-squad-16866927)\]

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](https://twitter.com/CombatCathy/status/1170784263362490371?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> what football should be all about
>
> — thedonnypele (@paulod79) [September 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/paulod79/status/1170698685195460611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

https://twitter.com/MarkEll28517175/status/1170763361774186499

> Quality this by [@Alex\_OxChambo](https://twitter.com/Alex_OxChambo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Joshua Harrop (@JJBHarrop) [September 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/JJBHarrop/status/1170764852652052480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Ox is a class act. And if the kid isn’t already a [#LFC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LFC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) fan, he ought to think about being one. [#YNWA](https://twitter.com/hashtag/YNWA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — oneday@atime (@ianwyj) [September 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/ianwyj/status/1170782247361773568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Were you surprised by Oxlade-Chamberlain’s gesture towards the young Burnley fan? Share your thoughts in the comments section below!***