Liverpool agree £40m Oxlade-Chamberlain deal as Gibbs joins West Brom

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

Liverpool have agreed a £40m deal to sign Arsenal and England midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

The 24-year-old rejected a move to Chelsea on Tuesday after a fee had been agreed.

His club and national teammate, Kieran Gibbs, has also completed a move to West Brom for about £7m.

Oxlade-Chamberlain has started each of Arsenal’s four games so far this season despite telling manager Arsene Wenger he would not sign a new contract.

He has made 198 appearances for Arsenal since joining them from Southampton in August 2011.

The fee would have been Liverpool’s club record deal, but the Reds have agreed to sign RB Leipzig’s Naby Keita next summer for £48m.

Gibbs joined West Bromwich Albion on a four-year contract, his new club announced on Wednesday.

The 27-year-old left-back had also been in talks with Watford and Turkish side Galatasaray this summer.

“They’ve made some good signings and I feel this is a good move for me,” said Gibbs, who has been at Arsenal since the age of 14 said of West Brom.

Having played regularly for the Gunners between 2012 and 2015, he subsequently found himself on the fringes of the first team.

He has 10 England caps, the last coming in a 2-0 win over France in a friendly at Wembley in November 2015.