Chelsea are pushing ahead with a deal for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain after Arsenal agreed to sell the England midfielder.

Liverpool remain keen on the former Southampton star, but sources close to the Gunners hierarchy claim that they would prefer to sell to the Blues as they are not seen as direct rivals for a top-four place.

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Also as we revealed last week, Chelsea were confident of doing a deal for the 24-year-old – who is out-of-contract at the end of the season – as he is happy and settle in the capital.

Arsenal have seemingly opted to sell the versatile midfielder after he rejected their latest offer of a contract.

Almost every Bookmaker have now closed their markets on Oxlade-Chamberlain, with the exception of SkyBet who make him 1/12 to make the move. He is a massive 11/1 to stay at Arsenal.

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