Arsene Wenger tried to convince Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to stay at Arsenal but the winger told the manager that he wanted to leave and it wasn't about money. His contract at Liverpool proves that.

Even before the summer and throughout the transfer window all the talk at the Emirates was about how both Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil only had a year left to run on their respective contracts.

However under the radar was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain who also had only one year left and he made it clear to Arsene Wenger that he wouldn't sign a new deal despite a £180,000-a-week offer.

Having turned down Chelsea he now looks set to join Liverpool, which might have something to do with revealing he always wanted to be Steven Gerrard:

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The 'Ox' had told Wenger that signing a new deal wasn't about money and reports suggested that Antonio Conte was willing to make the 24 year-old Chelsea's top earner.

And it seems the former Southampton man was telling the truth when he said it wasn't about the money as he's set to earn far less than he would have done by staying at the Emirates:

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Having played 130 times in the Premier League in seven years at the Emirates, with many of those performances coming off the bench, the England international is obviously hoping for first team football.

But his biggest problem at Arsenal has been an inability to hold down a position in the Gunners' team, especially as he'd like to play central and he's mostly used as a wing-back these days.

The Ox has started all four of Arsenal's game this season but in the system that plays three at the back he's been playing further down the pitch than he's perhaps used to.