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Xherdan Shaqiri has received some heavy criticism from a Swiss manager in the country’s national media.  Shaqiri has struggled with injuries throughout this Premier League season. The winger has made just six appearances for Liverpool during with his only outing in 2020 coming in the 1-0 victory over Tottenham in January when the Swiss international made an 89th-minute appearance off …

Ireland have been handed a boost ahead of next week’s Euro 2020 qualifier against Switzerland with the news that winger Xherdan Shaqiri will not be available for the game. Shaqiri is widely considered one of Switzerland’s key men but he will not be featuring for the away side at the Aviva next Thursday evening. The Swiss FA broke the news …

  Xherdan Shaqiri says scoring a double in the 3-1 win over Manchester United on Sunday for Liverpool was a “beautiful feeling” and puts him on course for his most prolific Premier League campaign. The 27-year-old Swiss international midfielder came off the bench to take his tally to five goals in 13 league appearances, meaning he is already just three …

Reports have emerged on Sunday night indicating that Jurgen Klopp has a big decision to make ahead of the Champions League this week. The Liverpool boss and his side travel to Belgrade, Serbia to take on Red Star in the competition’s group stage. Red Star Belgrade, now known as Crvena Zvezda, lost 4-0 to the Reds at Anfield two weeks ago …

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was full of praise for Xherdan Shaqiri’s first Reds impression on Saturday night. The Swiss international entered the fray in the second half during Liverpool’s pre-season friendly against Manchester United in Michigan, going on to assist Daniel Sturridge’s goal before scoring himself with a tremendous overhead kick late on in the 4-1 win. _____ Shaqiri only joined up …

Jose Mourinho has begun this season’s mind games early by stating that Liverpool need to win the Premier League title this season. Jurgen Klopp’s side have spent around £165m in bringing Naby Keita, Fabinho, Xherdan Shaqiri and Alisson to Anfield, significantly strengthening the squad but also increasing the pressure on Klopp to deliver silverware. Speaking after Man United’s penalty shooutout …

Liverpool forward Xherdan Shaqiri has fired back at the more vocal critics of his professionalism and work ethic. Pundits Gary Neville had marked the Swiss international down as “unprofessional” during the World Cup and questioned why Liverpool were even pursuing a deal for the 26-year-old, while brother Phil went one further and branded him a “disgrace” for his perceived lack of …

Charlie Adam has accused former Stoke City teammate Xherdan Shaqiri of going missing when times were tough during last season’s battle against relegation. Adam, appearing on TalkSport on Thursday morning, questioned the commitment of some of Stoke’s higher-profile players in their (ultimately unsuccessful) bid to stave off the drop and claimed that some of them, including Shaqiri, “got away with …

With just three weeks remaining until the close of the transfer window, Premier League clubs will soon begin rushing to get deals over the line. The shortened transfer window, coupled with the distraction of the World Cup, has meant that most clubs have not been able to be as active in the market as they would have liked – leaving …

Liverpool have continued their summer spending in earnest, having made an exciting attacking acquisition. Reports had linked Liverpool in recent weeks with Stoke City’s Xherdan Shaqiri, who was always likely to leave the club after they were relegated from the Premier League. Fresh from his World Cup campaign with Switzerland, in which he scored a famous, politically-charged late winner against Serbia, …

Sweden secured a place in the World Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday, with a hard-fought victory over Switzerland in Saint Petersburg. Janne Anderson’s side, winners of a group that also contained Mexico, South Korea and defending champions Germany, maintained their strong form in this tournament with a 1-0 win against their fellow Europeans to set up a last-eight clash against either …

Serbian papers slammed what they labelled “shameful provocation” by two Switzerland players of Kosovo origin who used political gestures to celebrate their goals in the 2-1 World Cup victory. Xherdan Shaqiri’s last minute winner capped an impressive comeback for the Swiss in Kaliningrad on Friday after Granit Xhaka levelled following Aleksandar Mitrovic’s opener. Both Shaqiri and Xhaka come from ethnic …

Brazil left it very late, but posted their first win of the World Cup thanks to Philippe Coutinho and Neymar to go top of Group E. Work still needs to be done for the five-time world champions to make the last 16, but a point in their final game against Serbia will do after the Serbs lost 2-1 to Switzerland. …

Stoke City’s Xherdan Shaqiri is likely to head back to the Premier League via Anfield. Both The Telegraph and The Independent report that Liverpool are very much interested in the winger, who was part of the squad that got relegated from the top tier of English football last season. Shaqiri, who has previously lined out for Bayern Munich and Inter Milan, …

​Stoke City's decade-long stay in the Premier League has officially come to an end.

​Nothern Ireland defender Jonny Evans has hit out at the decision to award Switzerland a controversial penalty in Thursday night's World Cup play-off.

There haven’t been many goals in the Premier League today, but Xherdan Shaqiri’s double for Stoke is certainly the talking point. The Swiss wide-man lit up a dull encounter at the KC Stadium with his delicious first, with Mark Hughes side struggling to break down a stubborn Hull side. The former Bayern Munich man worked his way onto his left …