Despite having Philippe Coutinho, Emi Buendia and Jacob Ramsey at his disposal, Football Insider say Steven Gerrard wants to sign Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to play in an attacking role to contribute with goals.

The 28-year-old has fallen down the pecking order at Liverpool and is out of contract in 2023 without a new deal on the horizon, so the Reds are willing to sell him for £10m this summer.

Oxlade-Chamberlain joined Liverpool from Arsenal in 2017 and has gone on to make 133 appearances in all competitions, scoring 17 goals with 15 assists. The £120k-per-week England international no longer commands a regular place in Jurgen Klopp’s XI, however, with nine Premier League starts this season, so a move away might benefit all parties.

But whether Oxlade-Chamberlain is worth signing to provide goals and assists remains to be seen with the 28-year-old scoring just 10 goals with 10 assists from 94 league games in a Liverpool shirt. He’s had a hand in only five goals since 2020, so why would Gerrard sign him?

Ramsey (6), Coutinho (5) and Buendia (4) have more league goals this season than Oxlade-Chamberlain (3) managed in the last two, so he wouldn’t improve the squad.

In other news, Steven Gerrard could struggle to sell Danny Ings after poor debut season at Aston Villa