Former Liverpool and Arsenal midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is considering an offer to join Turkish side Besiktas.

Oxlade-Chamberlain, 29, is a free agent after his contract expired at Anfield this summer and has been offered a two-year deal with the option of a third.

BBC Sport understands Oxlade-Chamberlain also has interest from clubs in the Saudi Pro League.

Oxlade-Chamberlain played 146 games and scored 18 goals after joining Liverpool from Arsenal for £35m in 2017.

He won the Champions League and Premier League with the Reds and has earned 35 international caps for England, the last of which came in 2019.

Last season, Besiktas had two English players in their squad – midfielder Dele Alli on loan from Everton and winger Nathan Redmond, who joined Burnley this summer after his contract in Istanbul expired.

Besiktas have also been interested in signing Everton winger Demarai Gray, but it is understood the Jamaica international favours a move to Fulham.

Germany crashed out of the Women’s World Cup in the group stage for the first time in their history on Thursday after a frustrating 1-1 draw with South Korea allowed debutants Morocco to advance to the last 16 instead.

With Morocco beating Colombia 1-0 in Perth to join the South Americans on six points in Group H, Germany finished third in the table on four points and will be heading home.

World Cup winners in 2003 and 2007, Germany reached the European Championship final last year and came to Australia as one of the favourites to win the trophy.

They knew a win against South Korea would take them through to the knockout stage and were expected to get the better of a side who had lost their opening two matches and had next to no chance of advancing.

But after they went a goal up early on through Cho So-hyun, the Koreans battled hard and defended ferociously to frustrate their opponents, who could not find a winner following Alexandra Popp’s equaliser.

The Germans said before the game they wanted more creativity after their shock 2-1 loss to Colombia, but they were unable to convert their many chances.

They had 13 shots to their opponents’ six, but only three of those were on target as Korea put almost everyone behind the ball in defence.

Sixteen-year-old striker Casey Phair almost scored for Korea inside three minutes when she latched onto a through ball, but her shot was brilliantly saved by German goalkeeper Merle Frohms.

But three minutes later the Germans went behind from an almost identical move, Choe Yu-ri playing a ball through to Cho, whose side-foot effort beat Frohms to find the back of the net.

The goal seemed to spur the Germans into action, and they dominated possession and territory after that, although they couldn’t find a way through the Korean defence.

They found plenty of space out wide on both sides and when the equaliser came three minutes from the break, it was no surprise it was from a cross.

Svenja Huth put in a delightful ball for skipper Popp, who rose above the Korean defenders to powerfully head home.

The Germans came out firing after the break and threw everything at the Koreans.

They had a goal disallowed for offside in the 59th minute, before Popp smacked the bar with another header moments later.

As the clock ticked down the Germans became more and more desperate but despite plenty of endeavour, they never really looked like finding a winner in the 13 minutes of stoppage time.

Anissa Lahmari scored the only goal as Morocco sealed a 1-0 Group H victory over Colombia and earned their place in the round of 16 of the Women’s World Cup on Thursday, becoming the third African nation to advance past the pool stage.

The North Africans, who finished runners-up in their pool ahead of ousted pre-tournament favourites Germany, join South Africa and Nigeria in the knockout rounds and will meet France on Tuesday in Sydney.

It is a stunning outcome for a side who were thumped 6-0 by Germany in their opening pool fixture, but followed that up with a pair of 1-0 wins over South Korea and Colombia, the latter topping the pool.

Morocco coach Reynald Pedros had urged his side to remain calm in the wake of that Germany loss and vowed they would improve. He was right, but their passage was also aided by Germany’s inability to beat South Korea in their final pool game that ended 1-1.

It is proving a stunning World Cup for Africa, with few predicting they would have more than perhaps one side in the knockout rounds, but they have shown the level between teams on the continent and the rest of the world is closing.

Zambia are the only side that did not make it out of their pool, but they at least signed off with a 3-1 win in their final game against Costa Rica.

Colombia had a strong early appeal for a penalty when the ball appeared to strike the arm of Lahmari in the box, but nothing was given.

Lahmari then fired over from the edge of the penalty area when well placed, before Morocco goalkeeper Khadija Errmichi made a smart stop just past the half-hour mark.

Morocco then had a strong penalty appeal turned down before they did win a spot-kick seconds before halftime as Ibtissam Jraïdi was bundled over in the box following a push in the back.

The penalty from Ghizlane Chebbak was superbly saved by Colombia goalkeeper Catalina Perez, but Lahmari followed up to score as she poked in the loose ball.

There was a quiet start to the second half, but as it wore on, it was wave-after-wave of Colombia attacks.

Errmichi made a superb stop to deny Daniela Montoya from close range, while Lorena Bedoya could only hit the side-netting.

Mayra Ramírez was proving a real threat on the Colombian right wing and she burst into the box before rifling in a shot that hit the outside of the post. Shortly afterwards she had a penalty appeal waved away.

Morocco had to withstand heavy pressure in the closing stages, but were able to withstand the Colombia onslaught to claim their famous win.