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Former Arsenal midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has been promoted to senior training with the \u00a0Gunners<\/a>\u00a0as he continues his search for a new club.<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old has been training at Arsenal for over a month after leaving Besiktas in the summer, initially working with the club\u2019s Under-21 squad to maintain his fitness.<\/p>\n

According to Jeorge Bird\u2019s Arsenal youth website, Oxlade-Chamberlain has now been integrated into Mikel Arteta\u2019s first-team training sessions. He has been spotted wearing the club\u2019s \u2018T3\u2019 shirt, which is typically allocated to trialists.<\/p>\n

Oxlade-Chamberlain previously spent six seasons at Arsenal between 2011 and 2017, making 198 appearances and scoring 20 goals before joining Liverpool.<\/p>\n

The experienced midfielder is currently a free agent and remains focused on securing his next move, with his continued training at London Colney allowing him to stay match-ready.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former Arsenal midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has been promoted to senior training with the \u00a0Gunners\u00a0as he continues his search for a new club. The 32-year-old has been training at Arsenal for over a month after leaving Besiktas in the summer, initially working with the club\u2019s Under-21 squad to maintain his fitness. According to Jeorge Bird\u2019s Arsenal youth website, Oxlade-Chamberlain has now been integrated into Mikel Arteta\u2019s first-team training sessions. He has been spotted wearing the club\u2019s \u2018T3\u2019 shirt, which is typically allocated to trialists. Oxlade-Chamberlain previously spent six seasons at Arsenal between 2011 and 2017, making 198 appearances and scoring 20 goals before joining Liverpool. The experienced midfielder is currently a free agent and remains focused on securing his next move, with his continued training at London Colney allowing him to stay match-ready.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":35880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159,218],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football-news","category-premier-league-football-news"],"yoast_head":"\nAlex Oxlade-Chamberlain added to senior Arsenal training - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has been promoted to senior training with the \u00a0Gunners\u00a0as he continues his search for a new club.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/alex-oxlade-chamberlain-added-to-senior-arsenal-training\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain added to senior Arsenal training - 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