"Yeah, we were very close with Robbo and his family, his mum and dad. We were next door neighbours for years, so I knew about Celtic and Glasgow, to be honest, from them for years. Robbo makes it no secret what he thinks about this club. And yeah, when I was linked, he was the first one who called me and said, 'get yourself up there now'."
"Having him as a reference point was perfect for me. He's told me where I need to live, where I need to go. He's told me everything. He's a proper Glasgow boy... I just said to him, 'It's a shame you're not here with me.'"
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, 32, has expressed interest in joining Celtic and consulted with his former Liverpool teammate Andy Robertson about the move. The pair shared a dressing room at Anfield for years, winning the Premier League and Champions League together, and developed a close personal bond. Robertson, out of contract at Liverpool this summer, immediately encouraged Oxlade-Chamberlain to join Celtic. Oxlade-Chamberlain already possessed knowledge of the club through Robertson and his family, who were neighbors for years. Robertson, a Scotland captain released by Celtic as a schoolboy, has been linked with a return to his boyhood club. Oxlade-Chamberlain expressed enthusiasm about potentially reuniting with Robertson at Celtic Park.
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