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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain could be given permission to miss England’s flight to Malta to complete his £40m switch to Liverpool.

England boss Gareth Southgate has indicated that Oxlade-Chamberlain can stay behind if the move runs over into deadline day.

England fly out to Malta on Thursday and Liverpool are now trying to rush through the move and are confident they will agree a deal.

Oxlade-Chamberlain has yet to complete a medical and he could fly out on the day of the World Cup qualifier.

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Mirror Sport understands that Arsenal would be prepared to sell to Liverpool despite the long-running history of bad blood between the clubs.

It comes after Oxlade-Chamberlain turned down a move to Chelsea even though Arsenal agreed a £40m deal with their London rivals.

Chelsea are fuming over Oxlade-Chamberlain’s snub, they had a deal agreed and yet the Arsenal midfielder chose to go to Anfield.

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Liverpool have now made direct contact to try and broker a deal with Arsenal looking for them to match Chelsea's offer.

Oxlade-Chamberlain would prefer a switch to Liverpool where he would play midfield and believes he can improve and develop his England career.