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title: "Why Aston Villa shouldn’t sign Oxlade-Chamberlain"
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author: "Crippy Cooke"
section: "Aston Villa News"
published: "2022-06-12T06:30:00Z"
modified: "2022-06-12T06:30:00Z"
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# Why Aston Villa shouldn’t sign Oxlade-Chamberlain

Despite having Philippe Coutinho, Emi Buendia and Jacob Ramsey at his disposal, [Football Insider](https://www.footballinsider247.com/aston-villa-ox-sources-liverpool/) 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](https://www.thisisanfield.com/2022/06/liverpool-set-alex-oxlade-chamberlain-price-tag-amid-overseas-interest/)to sell him for £10m this summer.

Oxlade-Chamberlain [joined](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alex-oxlade-chamberlain/transfers/spieler/143424) Liverpool from Arsenal in 2017 and has gone on to make [133 appearances](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alex-oxlade-chamberlain/leistungsdatenverein/spieler/143424) in all competitions, scoring 17 goals with 15 assists. The [£120k-per-week](https://www.spotrac.com/epl/liverpool-fc/alex-oxlade-chamberlain-11964/) England international no longer commands a regular place in Jurgen Klopp’s XI, however, with [nine Premier League starts](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alex-oxlade-chamberlain/leistungsdaten/spieler/143424/saison/2021/plus/1#gesamt) 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](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alex-oxlade-chamberlain/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/143424/plus/0?saison=&verein=31&liga=&wettbewerb=GB1&pos=&trainer_id=) 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](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aston-villa/leistungsdaten/verein/405/reldata/GB1%262021/plus/1) 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](https://readastonvilla.com/2022/06/12/%20steven-gerrard-could-struggle-to-sell-danny-ings-after-poor-season-at-aston-villa/)***