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"Arsenal\u2019s Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has revealed why he chose the Emirates as his destination when he moved from Southampton in 2011.The Gunner&amp;rsquo;s starlet showed immense promise at the Saints and had been approached by Sir Alex Ferguson who had been keeping tabs on the young attacker. He revealed:&amp;nbsp;&amp;ldquo;I always favoured Arsenal. It&amp;rsquo;s a massive club and I&amp;rsquo;ve loved the way they&amp;rsquo;ve played football and brought players through.&amp;rdquo; Arsene Wenger&amp;rsquo;s Arsenal have a rich history of &amp;lsquo;blooding&amp;rsquo; young players. Under the Frenchman&amp;rsquo;s reign, the North Londoners have produced some of world&amp;rsquo;s finest talent in Thierry Henry, Ashley Cole, Cesc Fabregas, Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott, Samir Nasri, Aaron Ramsey, and Jack Wilshere. Chief Execute Ivan Gazidis&amp;rsquo; comment last week, suggesting that more Premier League clubs should adopt Arsenal&amp;rsquo;s youth policy can only be re-enforced by Oxlade-Chamberlain&amp;rsquo;s belief that Arsenal is the best place for young players. &amp;ldquo;When I was younger, I used to go and watch Southampton versus Arsenal when they came to the club, and loved watching Thierry Henry.&amp;rdquo; He continued, &amp;ldquo;I went to the Emirates a few times, too, and the atmosphere was just unbelievable. So it wasn&amp;rsquo;t a hard decision for me.&amp;rdquo; Since his move the young Englishman has made 32 appearances for the Gunners. His performances have earned him a regular star on the Arsenal first-team sheet. His inclusion in England&amp;rsquo;s Euro 2012 squad points to the belief and faith shown in the young player who clearly has his best yet to come. For both club and country."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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