OX SNUBS CHELSEA FOR ANFIELD MOVE
Alex OXLADE-CHAMBERLAIN was last night having a medical at england’s training camp and will join liverpool for £35million today.
Jurgen Klopp has snatched the Arsenal star from under Chelsea’s nose after the Premier league champions agreed their own deal to sign Oxlade-Chamberlain (below) earlier this week.
however, as Sportsmail revealed yesterday, the 24-year-old was stalling on a switch to Stamford bridge as liverpool prepared to hijack the move.
Chelsea chiefs have been infuriated by Oxlade-Chamberlain’s snub given the amount of work they have put into landing him. it leaves their transfer plans in tatters, with moves for danny drinkwater and ross barkley also proving difficult.
Chelsea are closing in on a move for Swansea’s Fernando llorente, who will provide back-up to first-choice striker Alvaro morata. Provided Oxlade-Chamberlain passes his medical, he is expected to sign a five-year contract, earning £120,000 a week at Anfield. england boss Gareth Southgate will this afternoon decide whether Oxlade-Chamberlain is in the right frame of mind to be part of his plans for tomorrow’s World Cup clash against malta. liverpool, who retain an interest in monaco’s Thomas lemar, could yet make one final offer for Virgil van dijk as they look to end the window with a flourish. Celtic are watching with interest as they would be due ten per cent of any transfer fee after securing a clause during his move south in 2015.