The former Arsenal midfielder went undercover into the Liverpool club shop to try to sell one of his own replica shirts – but his pitch produced mixed results.
Egged on by legend Robbie Fowler, Oxlade-Chamberlain approached one youngster to ask if he wanted the shirt... but was turned down. "He's gonna be a superstar," the Reds man said in reply.
But the seemingly world-weary Kopite, still not realising who he was talking to, duly retorted: "One day. He's been saying that for 10 years."
"Been saying that for 10 years about Chamberlain? That's since he was 14," the wounded star responded.
It's a tough life, Ox.
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