{"id":152,"date":"2026-03-31T06:51:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T06:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=152"},"modified":"2026-03-31T06:51:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T06:51:06","slug":"alex-oxlade-chamberlain-reveals-the-arsenal-teammate-who-surprised-him-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=152","title":{"rendered":"Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain reveals the Arsenal teammate who surprised him most"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain arrived at Arsenal from Southampton in 2011 as one of the most exciting youngsters in the Premier League \u2013 but it\u2019s not unfair to say that he struggled to live up to the hype.<\/p>\n<p>A valuable squad member, of course, the Portsmouth-born midfielder played just shy of 200 times for the Gunners.<\/p>\n<p>In that time, he plundered 20 goals and 28 assists and then left for pastures new in 2017, joining Liverpool in a deal worth \u00a335 million.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong>5 greatest Arsenal players of all time \u2013 ranked<\/p>\n<p>Oxlade-Chamberlain was once destined for very big things and while he did go on to make 146 appearances for the Merseysiders, stints at Besiktas and now Celtic have followed. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Oxlade-Chamberlain <\/strong>names Arsenal star who left him starstruck<\/h2>\n<p>When Oxlade-Chamberlain arrived 15 years ago, the Gunners were no longer in their strongest era \u2013 but there were still players of a decent calibre, including Thierry Henry\u2019s second spell at the club.<\/p>\n<p>But the Frenchman wasn\u2019t named when Oxlade-Chamberlain, who now plies his trade for Celtic, revealed who impressed with the most.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, when speaking to <em>Sky Sports<\/em>\u2018 In The Mixer, the 32-year-old insisted that rubbing shoulders with Robin van Persie was unbelievable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was kind of only when I got there and you see the players that you think, hang on a minute, what am I doing with Robin van Persie and guys that you know I\u2019ve look up for years,\u201d he admitted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then you just have to keep taking it in your stride quite quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/media.dave.sport\/readarsenal\/2026\/03\/WmOBhMCNUFOk-1024x707.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-133890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.dave.sport\/readarsenal\/2026\/03\/WmOBhMCNUFOk-1024x707.webp 1024w, https:\/\/media.dave.sport\/readarsenal\/2026\/03\/WmOBhMCNUFOk-300x207.webp 300w, https:\/\/media.dave.sport\/readarsenal\/2026\/03\/WmOBhMCNUFOk-768x530.webp 768w, https:\/\/media.dave.sport\/readarsenal\/2026\/03\/WmOBhMCNUFOk.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>By virtue of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain arriving in 2011, he witnessed the Dutchman as his potent best as he netted 37 strikes in all competitions that season \u2013 including 30 in the Premier League. <\/p>\n<p>In the following season, Manchester United came in for the goal-getting hotshot and he then fired the Red Devils to a Premier League tile.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p>\n          <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain: &#039;Special&#039; Salah, Arsenal&#039;s BROKEN Promise &amp; The Old Firm Derby\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7JDuV9Q7XWg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n        <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Van Persie once waxed poetic about Oxlade-Chamberlain<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>While Van Persie is evidently the better player of the two, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-7606693\/Robin-Van-Persie-waxes-lyrical-Alex-Oxlade-Chamberlains-breathtaking-strike-against-Genk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the former centre-forward had some kind words for Oxlade-Chamberlain<\/a> when he scored a delightful chip in Liverpool\u2019s win over Genk.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2019, the Englishman dinked Liverpool\u2019s second in a 4-1 victory in the Champions League and Van Persie told BT Sport: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe second, third and fourth goals were all amazing, especially the second. It\u2019s so beautiful,\u201d he said, per <em>Mail Online<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table class=\"has-fixed-layout\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Club<\/td>\n<td>Matches<\/td>\n<td>Goals<\/td>\n<td>Assists<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Arsenal<\/td>\n<td>198<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Liverpool<\/td>\n<td>146<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Besiktas<\/td>\n<td>50<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Southampton<\/td>\n<td>43<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Celtic<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain career statistics per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/alex-oxlade-chamberlain\/leistungsdatenverein\/spieler\/143424\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Transfer market<\/a> \u2013 correct as of 30\/03\/26<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMost strikers don\u2019t imagine it, eight out of 10 don\u2019t even think about it, two who actually think about it, one of the two can\u2019t even do it.\u00a0The way he executed that goal is so beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so happy for him, I used to play with him at Arsenal, I saw that ability. He has potential to be a top player, if he can do those type of goals he can become that type of player. That goal is like one you will score once in your life.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain arrived at Arsenal from Southampton in 2011 as one of the most exciting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}