{"id":435223,"date":"2011-06-03T07:48:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T07:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/03\/alex-oxlade-chamberlain%e2%80%99s-father-encourages-southampton-youngster-to-join-arsenal\/"},"modified":"2011-06-03T07:48:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-03T07:48:00","slug":"alex-oxlade-chamberlains-father-encourages-southampton-youngster-to-join-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/03\/alex-oxlade-chamberlains-father-encourages-southampton-youngster-to-join-arsenal\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain\u2019s father encourages Southampton youngster to join Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Andrew Kennedy<\/h3>\n<h4>3 Jun 2011 08:48:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"92.4611111111\">\n<div readability=\"18.1570680628\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\" FA Cup,Alex Chamberlain,Southampton vs Manchester United(Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/122700\/122763_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>FA Cup,Alex Chamberlain,Southampton vs Manchester United(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span>Mark Chamberlain, the father of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/106\/southampton\">Southampton<\/a> starlet Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, has urged his son to join <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The north London club had come close to a \u00a310 million deal in January for the highly rated 17-year-old, whilst there continues to be interest from Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham for the youngster\u2019s services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite Southampton\u2019s recent promotion to the Championship, Oxlade-Chamberlain looks set to leave the club this summer, and his father has expressed his desire to see his son follow in the footsteps of former Saints academy graduate Theo Walcott and sign for the Gunners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking to reporters, Mark Chamberlain said: \u201cConsidering where he was at the beginning of the season and end of last season, to have the clubs we\u2019ve been hearing about looking at him, he\u2019s made great strides.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBut watching him and watching his performances I think it\u2019s well deserved. He\u2019s only going to get better.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cA lot of people speak to me and say \u2018Maybe it\u2019s too soon, look at Theo.\u2019 But for me I think Theo\u2019s doing fantastic, he\u2019s developing as a player, he\u2019s still developing and he\u2019s only young.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTo develop at a place like Arsenal can\u2019t be a bad thing. In my eyes, I\u2019d like him to go there as soon as possible, and continue his development.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><em>Our<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93900\/93900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"11\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0provides the best breaking news online and our\u00a0<\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93800\/93899.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"49\" height=\"10\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0football fan community is unmatched worldwide. Never miss a thing again!<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/03\/2515682\/alex-oxlade-chamberlains-father-encourages-southampton-youngster-\" title=\"Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain\u2019s father encourages Southampton youngster to join Arsenal\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain\u2019s father encourages Southampton youngster to join Arsenal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Andrew Kennedy 3 Jun 2011 08:48:00 FA Cup,Alex Chamberlain,Southampton vs Manchester United(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Mark Chamberlain, the father of Southampton starlet Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, has urged his son to join Arsenal . The north London club had come close to a \u00a310 million deal in January for the highly rated 17-year-old, whilst there continues to be interest from Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham for the youngster\u2019s services. Despite Southampton\u2019s recent promotion to the Championship, Oxlade-Chamberlain looks set to leave the club this summer, and his father has expressed his desire to see his son follow in the footsteps of former Saints academy graduate Theo Walcott and sign for the Gunners. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-435223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain\u2019s father encourages Southampton youngster to join Arsenal - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/03\/alex-oxlade-chamberlains-father-encourages-southampton-youngster-to-join-arsenal\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain\u2019s father encourages Southampton youngster to join Arsenal - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Andrew Kennedy 3 Jun 2011 08:48:00 FA Cup,Alex Chamberlain,Southampton vs Manchester United(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Mark Chamberlain, the father of Southampton starlet Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, has urged his son to join Arsenal . 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