{"id":464541,"date":"2011-07-20T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T07:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/20\/arsenal-target-alex-oxlade-chamberlain-i-am-ready-for-the-premier-league\/"},"modified":"2011-07-20T07:55:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T07:55:00","slug":"arsenal-target-alex-oxlade-chamberlain-i-am-ready-for-the-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/20\/arsenal-target-alex-oxlade-chamberlain-i-am-ready-for-the-premier-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal target Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain: I am ready for the Premier League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Kieran Crowley<\/h3>\n<h4>20 Jul 2011 08:55:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"102.372310571\">\n<div readability=\"17.4722222222\">\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<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/106\/southampton\">Southampton<\/a>&#8216;s Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain says he believes he is ready to play in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\">Premier League<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 17-year-old has been linked with a move away from the Saints, with Arsenal said to be interested, since bursting onto the scene in League One last season.<\/p>\n<p>Southampton gained promotion to the Championship with Oxlade-Chamberlain&#8217;s help, but he is now looking to follow in the footsteps of Theo Walcott and Gareth Bale by making a move to the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI just feel that I am ready to play in the Premier League,\u201d he told <em>Mirror Sport<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI think I can take a lot of encouragement and confidence from what Theo \u2013 and Gareth Bale at Spurs \u2013 have done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhen you look at a player like Jack Wilshere at Arsenal, he was only a year above me in the \u00adacademies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere\u2019s no barrier on the age you have to be to play in the Premier League. If you\u2019re good enough, you\u2019re old enough. Hopefully I\u2019ll get the opportunity to prove that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The England Under-21 starlet made 41 appearances last season, scoring 10 goals and recording nine assists in the process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He was included in the PFA League One Team of the Year last term, and Arsenal are believed to be keen to push a deal through for the youngster.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Oxlade-Chamberlain gave no hints on where he would like to go in the Premier League, but says he has ambitions of playing for England in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He added: \u201cAt this point I feel I am ready. I am still young and I still have time to go into a Premier League set-up and learn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI want to play in the Premier League, for England and to get to the highest level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf I am developing more as a player I have a better chance of developing as a full-time international and making the full England squad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThat\u2019s what I want to achieve. I just hope it comes about.\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>Read the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/07\/20\/2582711\/arsenal-target-alex-oxlade-chamberlain-i-am-ready-for-the\" title=\"Arsenal target Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain: I am ready for the Premier League\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal target Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain: I am ready for the Premier League<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Kieran Crowley 20 Jul 2011 08:55:00 FA Cup,Alex Chamberlain,Southampton vs Manchester United(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Southampton &#8216;s Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain says he believes he is ready to play in the Premier League . The 17-year-old has been linked with a move away from the Saints, with Arsenal said to be interested, since bursting onto the scene in League One last season<\/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-464541","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>Arsenal target Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain: I am ready for the Premier League - 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\/07\/20\/arsenal-target-alex-oxlade-chamberlain-i-am-ready-for-the-premier-league\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Arsenal target Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain: I am ready for the Premier League - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Kieran Crowley 20 Jul 2011 08:55:00 FA Cup,Alex Chamberlain,Southampton vs Manchester United(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Southampton &#039;s Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain says he believes he is ready to play in the Premier League . 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