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Liverpool forward facing fitness battle for start of season

Liverpool forward Xherdan Shaqiri is facing a battle to be ready for the start of the season after manager Jurgen Klopp revealed he would be sidelined for “a while”. Shaqiri is still carrying a calf injury sustained on international duty with Switzerland in their Nations League defeat to England on June 9. The former Stoke […]

Oli Ward by Oli Ward
2019-07-09 13:33
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Liverpool's Xherdan Shaqiri during the Premier League match at Anfield, Liverpool.

Liverpool's Xherdan Shaqiri during the Premier League match at Anfield, Liverpool.

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Liverpool forward Xherdan Shaqiri is facing a battle to be ready for the start of the season after manager Jurgen Klopp revealed he would be sidelined for “a while”.

Shaqiri is still carrying a calf injury sustained on international duty with Switzerland in their Nations League defeat to England on June 9.

The former Stoke player returned to the club’s Melwood training ground this week and assessment by medical staff has given Klopp a headache as he steps up his pre-season preparations.

Xherdan Shaqiri is only the 2nd Liverpool player to score two+ goals in their first #PL match against Man Utd, after Nigel Clough in 1994#LIVMUN pic.twitter.com/Zu7cH0koBS

— Premier League (@premierleague) December 17, 2018

“Shaq is still injured from the national team and it will take a while until he is in again,” Klopp told liverpoolfc.com.

“He has a tear in his calf, so he will not be involved for a while.”

The 27-year-old, a £13million buy last summer, has plenty to prove to Klopp after fading in the second half of their Champions League-winning campaign. View this post on Instagram

Thank you all for the amazing support during the whole Season! Now it’s time for me to recharge my batteries!???? ??❤️ #XS23 #YNWA

A post shared by XS (@shaqirixherdan) on Jun 12, 2019 at 9:06am PDT

Having enjoyed a two-month, nine-match purple patch from late October – in which he scored six goals – he fell out of favour in 2019.

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Shaqiri made just 11 appearances after the turn of the year, only four of which were starts.

His current absence leaves Klopp short in attacking options with the returns of Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah (Africa Cup of Nations) and Roberto Firmino (Copa America) all delayed due to their involvement in international tournaments this summer.

Robbo's assist. 👌
Shaq's cool finish. ❄️

How @XS_11official doubled our lead against tomorrow's opponents, earlier in the season. ⏪⏪ pic.twitter.com/Uo9XflSsEU

— Liverpool FC (@LFC) March 16, 2019

Champions League hero Divock Origi – now in the final year of his contract with a new deal offered but not yet signed – is the manager’s only senior forward after the departure of Daniel Sturridge.

Youngster Rhian Brewster will be part of the first-team squad full-time this season after recovering from serious ankle and knee injuries while Harry Wilson, who impressed on loan at Derby, will get a chance in pre-season.

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