Charlie Adam makes further comments on Xherdan Shaqiri’s Liverpool move

Former Liverpool midfielder and ex-teammate of Xherdan Shaqiri, Charlie Adam, has praised the Swiss attacker for his performances this season after criticising his work ethic and dedication to Stoke City in the summer.

After joining the Reds for £13million in the summer, the 27-year-old has been in and out of the starting XI but when he has been on the pitch, he has helped his new team find space around the box and create goalscoring opportunities.

Before Saturday’s 3-0 win over Watford, Shaqiri was averaging a goal or assist every 71 minutes for club and country and adds a goalscoring threat from outside the box to this Liverpool side – something that has been lacking since Coutinho joined Barcelona in January.

And now, after criticising Shaqiri in a Stoke shirt, Charlie Adam has complimented his former teammate on how he has started his Liverpool career.

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“Listen, he went to Liverpool and he’s done incredible, so fair play to him,” Adam said.

“I said what I said but he’s a wonderful player, no doubt about that.

“It was just a worry, would he get into Liverpool’s team? How would Liverpool find space in their team for him?

“But he’s got in and hasn’t looked back now.”

LONDON, ENGLAND – APRIL 01: Xherdan Shaqiri of Stoke City in action during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Stoke City at Emirates Stadium on April 1, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

On Shaqiri not being suited to scrapping at the bottom of the table, he added: “I don’t think he was, but listen, he’s got a wonderful talent and his game probably suits playing for a bigger club with better players.

“His awareness to pick a pass and see things that other players don’t – and we probably didn’t have enough players at his level.

I criticised him because I felt when we were in a dogfight, we probably needed different types of characters – a Jon Walters, a Glen Whelan – they were the types of characters we needed.

“The little man can score goals out of nothing but we were low on confidence and couldn’t carry anybody of that ability without the other side of the game.”

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