{"id":562842,"date":"2020-08-21T12:21:36","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T16:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=562842"},"modified":"2020-08-21T12:21:36","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T16:21:36","slug":"chamberlain-flies-back-from-pre-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/08\/21\/chamberlain-flies-back-from-pre-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Flies Back From Pre-Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool<\/a> midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain<\/a> is set to miss the remainder of Liverpool\u2019s pre-season programme.<\/p>\n

Oxlade-Chamberlain Ruled Out<\/h2>\n

Blow for Liverpool Pre-Season<\/h3>\n
The 27-year-old suffered an injury following a challenge in a training session whilst on the Reds’ pre-season tour of Austria. The Englishman \u00a0has since returned to Liverpool where he will begin his rehabilitation at Melwood with the club\u2019s medical team.<\/div>\n

Klopp Confirms The Bad News<\/h3>\n

Liverpool manager J\u00fcrgen Klopp confirmed the news to Liverpoolfc.com<\/a>: ”It looks like it is very similar to what Hendo had, which keeps him out for we don\u2019t know for sure exactly how long, but for sure this pre-season he will not make a game, Arsenal for sure not and then we will see. The next game is probably two weeks later, but I don\u2019t know.”<\/p>\n

The German boss went on to say: \u201cWe have to wait but it is far away from being perfect, of course. It is really hard for him and hard for us, but it is not to change.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Liverpool scheduled to play their first pre-season match of the summer tomorrow as they take on VfB Stuttgart, a match that will take place in Austria, the news of the absence of Oxlade-Chamberlain will come as a blow to Klopp’s preparations.<\/p>\n

The England international is almost certainly a doubt for the opening game of the Premier League<\/a> season against Leeds United, a season which will see Liverpool attempt to defend their first top-flight title for three decades.<\/p>\n

The former Arsenal<\/a> man has had numerous injury issues since joining the club, including one horrific knee ligament issue which ruled him out for the best part of a calendar year.<\/p>\n

During Liverpool’s successful 2019\/20 the man nicknamed ‘The Ox’ did remain relatively injury-free, making 30 league appearances and 43 in all competitions, adding eight goals along the way.<\/p>\n

Now he will hope to get back to fitness as quickly as possible and fight for his place in a hotly contested midfield.<\/p>\n

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