Liverpool star Oxlade-Chamberlain ‘likely to miss whole season’

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Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain is likely to miss the whole of the
forthcoming season , with the Premier League club saying Wednesday that they
were already aware of the grim scenario .
The 24 - year - old suffered multiple knee ligament damage during the first leg of the
Champions League semi - final against Roma in April and underwent successful
surgery eight days later .
“ The estimated length of his lay- off was not revealed at the time at the request of
Oxlade - Chamberlain , who did not want the news to distract from the Reds ’
ongoing Champions League run and the excitement surrounding it , ” said a
Liverpool statement 
Manager Jurgen Klopp told
liverpoolfc . com that he was
aware that the former Arsenal
star would likely be unavailable
for the 2018 / 2019 season.
!It feels like now is an
appropriate time to tell people
that for Ox this coming season
will be about focusing on
recovery and rehab , ” said
Klopp .
“ We have known this from pretty much the day after he got the injury and after
the successful surgery , we were sure of it . I hope everyone treats this information
responsibly . There has been no change , no setback – it ’ s exactly on the schedule
we expected and planned for. The new information is that we ’ re now giving more
detail publicly .
“ It is typical of Ox that he didn ’ t want the news to overshadow the end of the
season and , to be quite honest , we thought we could wait and tell people at an
appropriate time.
“ His recovery has started superbly well . If we do see him back this season it will
be a bonus . ”
Oxlade - Chamberlain joined Liverpool last summer from Arsenal in a £35 million
deal but the injury ruled him out of the Champions League final against Real
Madrid and the World Cup with England.
“ It is so important — because of how valuable and important he is to what we are
looking to do here in the coming seasons — that the focus is on doing this right
and not rushed . Ox is completely on board with this approach .
“ He is such an outstandingly good
person and someone who even when
not playing is integral to the
heartbeat of ( training centre )
Melwood .
“ I cannot wait to have him back with
us for matches , but we will wait for
him and we will show the patience
that is required to make sure he
comes back ready to continue where
he left off : as one of the most
outstanding performers in European
football in that moment . ”
Klopp has already boosted Liverpool ’s midfield ahead of the new season by signing
Naby Keita , Fabinho and Xherdan Shaqiri .

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