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Shaqiri: I am looking forward to the new season with Liverpool

Xherdan Shaqiri has described  his personal frustration that he was not able to contribute more during Liverpool’s march to the Premier League title.

The popular member of the squad with teammates and fans alike, the Swiss international was somewhat of a forgotten man making just 11 appearances in all competitions throughout the last campaign due to a number of niggling injuries which led to him slipping down the playing ranks when he returned to full fitness.

Often linked to with a move away to clubs in the continent, the 28 year-old gave a strong indication to the Official site at the team camp in Austria that he is is willing to stay at the Reds and fight for his place.

"Always if you are injured or if you are not playing, you're frustrated. 

“But I'm looking forward to this season and trying to help the team all the time, so I have the chance to play like the first season.

 

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The versatile attacking option also signaled the intention of the team to keep up the hunger and strive for more honours.

“Everybody is excited to play again and to defend the season we had last season.

“It's very difficult but we try to achieve again a lot of things and we want to win a lot of games. 

"We have the capacity, we have the team who is still hungry and wants to win many titles.”

Shaqiri who has experienced title success in the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich and in Switzerland admitted that this league success with the Reds felt different.

"Of course it's different in the Premier League than others, and I had the pleasure and I'm very proud of what I achieved in Germany with these two [titles] and I know many countries now. 

"But with Liverpool, to win the title last season was unbelievable, something different after 30 years for the fans and for us too. 

"We are really excited and we always want to win every game but we know it's going to also be difficult. The other teams also want to win, so I think it's going to be an exciting season."

"I'm trying to give my best too and to help the team to win games, titles – that's the most important thing for me."



 

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2 minutes ago, Scott_M said:


True but, my preference currently would be, to see Shaq coming off the bench over Origi, Miramino or Ox. 

Yeah, me too, but if klopp doesn't feel like that, maybe it's just time to move him on and free up the wages for someone else. 

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9 hours ago, Scott_M said:

I like Shaqiri. He's not perfect for us but he's a good player and IMO, he's not let us down when we've needed him.

Apart from hardly ever being fit when we've need him, you mean.

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Left out yesterday wasn't he?

 

He's a goner.

 

Shame because i like him and think he is much closer to fitting in as cover in our front 3 than the other options we have - but clearly his fitness and maybe something else too means that Klopp just does not fancy him at all.

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I think the hair transplant may have been a mistake. He’s tried to curry favour with the boss by going down that route. Probably went for it as a tribute to Jurgen. It’s backfired though. It’s possible that Klopp now feels overshadowed by Shaqiri’s transformation. Either way only one winner in this situation so he’ll probably be on his way.

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8 hours ago, an tha said:

Left out yesterday wasn't he?

 

He's a goner.

 

Shame because i like him and think he is much closer to fitting in as cover in our front 3 than the other options we have - but clearly his fitness and maybe something else too means that Klopp just does not fancy him at all.

Apparently he picked up a knock in training. 

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On 23/08/2020 at 09:14, Scott_M said:

I like Shaqiri. He's not perfect for us but he's a good player and IMO, he's not let us down when we've needed him.

Agreed. I think he’s been quite unfairly treated to be honest. He has had injuries, but that’s not why he’s always overlooked. Much better option than Origi and Ox in that role. Mind bending.

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Let’s be honest: He’s nobody’s first, second or even third choice replacement for whatever your preferred midfield trio is, and Jota’s arrival pushes him well down the pecking order up front.

 

Its all over now, isn’t it? Same goes for Harry Wilson too, sadly.

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He's a very lucky man. One of the very few human spectators on planet Earth who will enjoy first-hand the sight of the greatest Reds team assembled in history.

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He better hope he's fit to play against Lincoln in the Carabao before the transfer window closes. That's going to be the height of his involvement this season, if he stays. With the options we have now, there's no chance he even makes the bench in the league.

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