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Alex Oxlade Chamberlain Move Held Up As Compensation Not Agreed

According to the media in Turkey, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is ready to sign or Southampton from Beiktas, but before he does so, he wants a compensation payment from the Turkish club to cancel his contract.

sportwitness.co,uk is reporting that Alex Oxlade Chamberlain is on the verge of a move back to his first club Southampton, 13 years after leaving.

Besiktas are happy to let him leave, they want to get his wages off the books, However, Oxlade- Chamberlain has responded by asking for a year of his salary as compensation if he agrees to terminate his contract. He reportedly earns £2.25 million a season, or to but it in easier terms about £45 k a week.

The report states that Oxlade-Chamberlain received a signing on bonus of about £1.2 million, after signing on a free transfer last summer, the player wants to return to St Mary's, but first a middle ground needs to be found between the player and his current club.

In the Turkish Super League last season AOC made 20 appearances totalling 994 minutes, scoring 4 goals plus 1 assist.

Oxlade-Chamberlain who will turn 31 next week, started his time in Istanbul well, in his first 14 games he scored those 4 goals and the assist, but then a torn thigh muscle interrupted his season and in his 6 games after his return he struggled to regain his form

Besiktas are under pressure to reduce the wage bill and would like to get AOC who is under contract for a further two seasons off the books, but it seems that he won't go cheaply.

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