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Steve Nicol names the ‘the odd man out’ who should be sold by Liverpool
LIVERPOOL star Adam Lallana is the odd one out in the Reds’ midfield, claims former defender Steve Nicol.
Lallana has struggled for game time at Liverpool since recovering from a series of hamstring injuries.
He started just five Premier League matches last season, failing to register a goal or an assist in his 13 appearances overall.
Nicol was given a list of seven of Liverpool’s midfielders heading into the new campaign.
And he picked out Lallana as the one whose place in the squad is most at risk.
So right now, for me, he is the one completely on the out
“I think it’s pretty clear the odd man out in that lot is Lallana,” Nicol told ESPN FC.
“At his best he can give you a little sparkle.
“Unfortunately, in his time at Liverpool, he’s not really been at his best very often.
“So right now, for me, he is the one completely on the out.”
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain missed the majority of last season while recovering from a serious knee injury.
And Nicol is looking forward to seeing the former Arsenal man get back to his best this term.
“When he got his injury, he was arguably one of Liverpool’s best players at the time,” the Scot added.
“It’s an interesting time to see whether he can recover completely from his injury and can he recover the form that he was showing?
“The form he was showing was not the form of Arsenal.
“This was not the Ox of Arsenal, this was a completely transformed player.
“At Arsenal he looked one-dimensional, the Ox, but when he came to Liverpool all of a sudden he did all types of different things.”