Liverpool left out of play Xherdan Shaqiri in the tomorrow match against the Serbian team of Crvena Zvezda, in the framework of the Champions League.
The announcement was made by the coach Jürgen Klopp, who said he did not want to cause incidents due to Shaqiri's Albanian origin."We have heard a lot of speculations on this topic. We do not know what can happen there. It is an important game and we want to focus 100% on the playing field, and not think about other things. So we thought for Shaqiri to not travel with us. He is a fantastic player, and the club loves him. But for the moment we are in this situation," Klop said.
Recently the Crvena Zvezda's sports director, Zvezdan Terzic, stressed that his club would do the job of defending Shaqiri, along with Liverpool, though stressing the impact of the situation.
"I think Shaqiri will be subjected to extraordinary psychological pressure, Terzic told the Serbian newspaper." Kurir.
"He knows where to go. He know our club is a symbol of Serbia. I do not know whether he will be willing to play in Serbia under such conditions, so I doubt if he will come. We have to do all we can to make Shaqiri feel safe and play football here." he said.