Arsenal midfielder could leave at the end of the season

Arsenal midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has revealed he could leave at the end of the season if he fails to secure regular first-team football.

Oxlade-Chamberlain, 23, was linked with a move away from Arsenal in the summer in order to kickstart his career but opted instead to remain at the club he has been at for the last five years.

However, the a midfielder has found it hard to find space in the Arsenal starting XI following Theo Walcott’s return to form this season.

“I’d be lying if I wasn’t going to sit here and say that is has crossed my mind that I need more game time. As a footballer, you want to play every game. Me being myself, I’m not happy when I’m not playing,” Oxlade-Chamberlain told Goals on Sunday, via The Daily Mirror.

“There is going to come a time in my career, and I think I’m approaching that, when I do need to be getting more regular football, but my focus completely and utterly now is on playing for Arsenal and still trying to break into the team when I get the opportunity.

“Help out if I have to come off the bench, do what I did yesterday and come on and make a difference. My sole aim for now is to help Arsenal and keep pushing myself to play in this team, because you know, I love playing at Arsenal. It’s a great club, it’s a great team and I’ve got a lot of faith in the team.

“There is that in my mind that I do want to get more game time. There comes a time in your career where you have to re-evaluate things and think, ‘is that going to be here or elsewhere?’

“I’m not there at the moment, I’m fully focused on this season, playing my part in that.

Of players to have started at least 10 games in the last three Premier League campaigns Oxlade-Chamberlain has required the fewest minutes per successful dribble (1 every 20.3 mins).

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