Wednesday, March 7, 2012

The future's bright, the future's Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

The teenager has impressed on the wing but produced arguably the finest display of his fledgling career against AC Milan on Tuesday night in his preferred central midfield role

A teenage Southampton academy product possessing electrifying pace – it was easy to draw similarities between Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Theo Walcott when the former joined the latter at Arsenal for a seven-figure fee in August 2011.

Gareth Bale, although a more well-rounded player than Walcott, also arrived at Tottenham after graduating the Saints' school of wingers and everything suggested Oxlade-Chamberlain would bring a similar style to the Emirates Stadium.

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