Arsene Wenger has stressed the importance of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to Arsenal ahead of their match against Crystal Palace on Monday evening.
"We bought him when he was very young, we have built him up and I think he has a great mentality and a good football brain,” the Arsenal manager told arsenal.com.
“It would be a big damage for us to lose this kind of player.”
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Wenger also discussed why he sees Oxlade-Chamberlain’s future being in central midfield.
