In the recent development, it was found that Xherdan Shaqiri has not taken the trip to Serbia. In Serbia, Liverpool is going to play against the Red Star Belgrade for Champion’s League clash. He has not taken to Serbia to avoid the off the pitch distractions. In a statement by the club, it said that the Liverpool FC is a big football club and the team play for the football and nothing else. The club has not got any type of political message, and the main aim of the club is to focus on football only.
It added by saying that the club, as well as a team, is keen to respect and also to avoid the distractions that will take the focus out of the football. Football is all about 90 minutes of the game, and in this, the club doesn’t want that the focus should get the shift to any of distractions on or off the field. These distractions are not good for the football as well as the club. So for all these reasons, he is not included in the game, and he fully understands about the situation, as said by the club.
In a statement from the Shaqiri, it is said that he is not worried about the reception that awaits him in Belgrade. He is going there to play football, not politics. In another statement, it is said that Naby Keita had got included in the team and flying to Belgrade on Monday. He is included in the team after he got recovered from the hamstring injury. In the last four matches, it has been seen that Keita has been left out of the team as he has suffered an injury. He has suffered the injury while he is on international duty with Guinea.
