Arsenal Star Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain: Wing-Back Role Gives Me More Options

By The Editor
on 13th May 2017

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain loving wing-back role…

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Arsenal speedster Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has stressed that his new-found role in our 3-4-3 system gives him more options on the ball as he continues to excel.

The Ox has been the player who’s had to adapt the most to this new system and he’s done superbly to keep Hector Bellerin out of the side in recent weeks.

The 23-year-old has played right-back at times for us in the past when we’ve been chasing games, and his dribbling qualities are certainly more suited to coming from deep.

“It suits my game because when I’m playing wing-back there’s a lot of space to run into,” The England man told Arsenal Player.

“Playing at wing-back, I receive a lot of balls deep and then I’ve got a few options.

“I can pass back to my centre-half, look for Granit or Aaron in midfield, I could look for Mesut or Danny if one of them wants to run into the channels or in behind, or I have the option to cross from deep.”

With just over a year left on his deal, it’s quite typical that Oxlade-Chamberlain has kicked into gear with his future very much up in the air at the moment.

While he’s been linked with Liverpool in recent weeks, it doesn’t seem certain that his future lies away from north London despite the club postponing contract talks until the summer.

Check out his take on the new role and being voted Player of the Month for April by the fans in the video above.