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Liverpool midfielder Oxlade-Chamberlain names Man City star alongside Gerrard

Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has admitted his admiration for Manchester City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne.

The England international has been reinvented as a central midfielder under Jurgen Klopp.

And he's cited City man De Bruyne as someone he looks up to.

Asked which midfielders he admires, he told The Times: “Steven Gerrard would have been my ideal midfield general, growing up.

"It's a bit more specific now but Kevin De Bruyne does it really, really well."

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