The latter stages of Arsene Wenger’s reign at Arsenal were characterised by a failure to mount any sort of meaningful title challenge while bringing in players who weren’t quite up to the required standard compared to his glorious spell between 1996 and 2006.

The iconic Frenchman had revolutionised English football during his first few years in charge of the Gunners, but as the years crept by, vast sums were wasted on players such as Lucas Perez, Shkodran Mustafi and Calum Chambers, to name just a few.

Wenger’s final years at the club brought three FA Cup wins in four seasons, but it was a decision to sell a player who was expected to have an excellent future in the game for a major profit which turned out to be one of his finest moves in the latter part of his reign in north London.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain signed for Arsenal in 2011 for a fee of £12m and the then-17-year-old was widely heralded as one of the finest talents in English football at the time. He eventually made 198 appearances for the Gunners over the next six years, scoring just 20 goals, and he never quite lived up to the initial hype surrounding his move from Southampton.

In the summer of 2017, the Englishman had one year remaining on his contract, along with Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez, with Wenger admitting that he had no choice but to sell one.

Oxlade-Chamberlain was the one to depart, joining Liverpool for £35m, which resulted in Arsenal securing a major profit on their initial £12m outlay just six years previously.

What has Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain done since leaving Arsenal?

Just like his underwhelming spell in London, the 29-year-old has flattered to deceive during his time at Anfield, indeed failing to live up to his extravagant transfer fee.

Across six Premier League campaigns, the midfielder has an average WhoScored rating of just 6.5, which is a sharp decline from the 6.9 average that he achieved during his spell at Arsenal.

He has scored just 89 matches through various injury problems which have blighted his spell in Merseyside, having eight separate spells on the treatment table.

His recent performances have led to some criticism, with blogger Johnny Ward dubbing the 29-year-old’s recent inclusion in the Reds’ starting XI as both a “war crime” and “atrocious” which clearly proves how much Oxlade-Chamberlain’s standards have dropped over the previous few years.

Although Wenger didn’t want to let the 5 foot 10 dud leave the Emirates Stadium back in 2017, in hindsight it was a fantastic decision considering how poor the midfielder has been since joining Jurgen Klopp’s side.