Roy Keane believes Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's career has stalled since leaving Arsenal for Liverpool in the summer of 2017.
Oxlade-Chamberlain made the switch to Merseyside for a reported fee of £35 million after rejecting a contract extension with Arsenal.
Arsenal chose to cash-in on the England international and Liverpool beat Chelsea to the signing.
Jurgen Klopp converted Oxlade-Chamberlain into a midfielder after playing the majority of his Arsenal career from a wide forward position.
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Sunday's Carabao Cup win now means that Oxlade-Chamberlain has won all domestic major honours available to be won, but Keane thinks the midfielder has been 'left behind'.
“Injury problems. He (Oxlade-Chamberlain) is now, what 28? His career has stalled over the last years. He has been left behind a little bit," Keane said on ITV. “But a quality player.”
Oxlade-Chamberlain was in the form of his life in 2018 as he played a huge role in Liverpool reaching the final of the Champions League, but a horrific knee injury put his career on hold.
The midfielder contributed to Liverpool winning the Premier League and is still able to be relied on by Klopp.
The German said of his current contract situation: “I think it is a completely normal situation.
“It is about what makes sense for both sides in six or 18 months or whatever. But it is not important at all at the moment. In this moment what is important is how do you contribute when you play? That is the only thing.
"We will not stay together for ever. That is how it is. If someone wants to go somewhere else we have to find a solution for it. If we want to find somebody from another club we have to find a solution for it – all these kind of things.
"But it has nothing to do with now. It’s about how you play in the moment and then you are in the starting lineup.
“If your contract expires in two days, four months or five years it makes absolutely no difference. All the players are important because they can really contribute in the moment when they start or when they come on and that is why they are Liverpool players.”
