Manager Jurgen Klopp’s decision to blank former Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain last season startled him. Oxlade-Chamberlain, a Besitkas midfielder, left Liverpool during the summer when his contract expired. Speaking to The Athletic, he said, “I understand that some of the younger players were getting an opportunity to be involved, getting them ready for years to come.”. “You start thinking, ‘What more can I do here?, and I just think you need that communicated to you.”.
The fact that you’re not receiving an offer for a new contract was also never truly written off. That he wouldn’t land a new contract was never stated. Obviously, I understood the picture (laughs). “Three days prior to that Villa game, I was informed before they made their statement: ‘We’re putting this out about you, Milly, Bobby, and Naby leaving.'”. And I thought, “Oh, right.”. Thank you. However, nothing official had existed previously. All that needed to be known was the circumstances were evident from the silence. Simply said, that’s how the game works; you just sort of expect to hear certain things, good or bad. It was unexpected how little communication there was. ****. “We (he and Klopp) had a good relationship,” Oxlaed-Chamberlain continued. Nothing akin to a falling out ever occurred.
“As a manager, I know it’s difficult to balance each player’s needs, but I was definitely happier with him when I was playing than when I wasn’t even warming up (laughs). However, that is the way it is. “.”.
