The midfielder was close to joining Chelsea, but he ended up getting a cold feet and snubbed Antonio Conte.
Also, Oxlade-Chamberlain took a significant pay cut after rejecting a new deal worth £180,000 a week with the Gunners.
But the Mirror’s football writer Lewis thinks the England international should be getting more credit for his transfer.
“He’s had a lot of criticism for turning down the champions,” Lewis told Sky Sports’ The Sunday Supplement.
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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain joined Liverpool on deadline day
He’s answered all the people who said ‘we don’t know what position he plays in’
Darren Lewis
“He’s also had people suggest he doesn’t necessarily improve Liverpool.
“To take the decision himself which is not financial, but to improve in his preferred position, well it’s to be applauded.
“He’s answered all the people who said ‘we don’t know what position he plays in’.
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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain thinks he will be able to develop under Jurgen Klopp
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“Hopefully he’ll make a success of it rather than go to the club who are the champions and play in a position he’s not comfortable with.
“He will go to Liverpool and show the fight and ambition you want from an England player.”
Oxlade-Chamberlain could make his Liverpool debut away to Manchester City on Sunday (12:30pm).
