{"id":154840,"date":"2018-07-19T13:09:32","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T13:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.soulcentralmagazine.com\/new-signing-xherdan-shaqiri-criticised-by-former-stoke-city-team-mate-charlie-adam\/"},"modified":"2018-07-19T13:09:32","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T13:09:32","slug":"new-signing-xherdan-shaqiri-criticised-by-former-stoke-city-team-mate-charlie-adam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soulcentralmagazine.com\/index.php\/2018\/07\/19\/new-signing-xherdan-shaqiri-criticised-by-former-stoke-city-team-mate-charlie-adam\/","title":{"rendered":"New signing Xherdan Shaqiri criticised by former Stoke City team-mate Charlie Adam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"article__content article__content--intro\">Liverpool new boy Xherdan Shaqiri has been slammed by former Stoke City team-mate Charlie Adam, who says the Swiss winger went missing for the Potters last season as they were relegated from the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/399723\/liverpool-transfer-news-stoke-city-xherdan-shaqiri\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed the signing of the 26-year-old Switzerland international forward<\/a><\/strong> last week in a \u00a313million deal.<\/p>\n<p>He arrives at Anfield having scored 15 goals in 84 league appearances during his three-year stay at Stoke, following spells at Bayern Munich and Inter Milan.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s seen as a decent signing for the Reds and one which boosts Jurgen Klopp\u2019s attacking options, but former Liverpool midfielder Adam has blasted Shaqiri\u2019s indiscipline.<\/p>\n<p>He says the Swiss star was one of the \u2018so-called big players\u2019 who \u2018got away with murder\u2019 at the Bet365 Stadium last season \u2013 as they didn\u2019t perform at their best when the club needed them.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Thursday\u2019s Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast, the Adam said: \u201cWas he one of them? Oh, definitely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the chips are down you look at your big players, you want your big players to bring magic in one moment in the season, and it times we felt like the so-called big players in the squad never turned up for us and never performed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, everybody else could help, but for all the plaudits to so-called bigger players we getting from certain members of the management staff last season \u2013 they weren\u2019t producing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n<div class=\"article__media-img-container open-gallery\" data-index=\"0\">\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"\/\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thesun-article-image wp-image-380254\" alt=\"Shaqiri has sealed a return to the Premier League with Liverpool, having suffered relegation with Stoke last term\" src=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/06\/gettyimages-954953226_1.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960&amp;quality=100\" width=\"960\" height=\"662\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"article__media-caption\">\n\t\tShaqiri has sealed a return to the Premier League with Liverpool, having suffered relegation with Stoke last term\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBut, listen, he\u2019s gone now. We move on and we look to the future. The future for us at the moment is in the Championship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sports Breakfast guest co-host Simon Jordan was also not impressed by Shaqiri during Stoke\u2019s disastrous campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Adam added that Stoke, under new manager Gary Rowett, are determined to seal an immediate return to the top flight this season.<\/p>\n<p>The Potters finished 19<sup>th<\/sup> place in the Premier League last season \u2013 with a defeat to Crystal Palace in their penultimate game of the season confirming their relegation.<\/p>\n<p>But the Scot is hopeful he can help lead the club to the Championship title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur aim is to win the league,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re expected to win it, simple as that. As one of the teams to be relegated from the Premier League, we\u2019ll be big favourites.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n<div class=\"article__media-img-container open-gallery\" data-index=\"1\">\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"\/\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thesun-article-image wp-image-401532\" alt=\"Charlie Adam is aiming to take Stoke straight back to the Premier League\" src=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/07\/ADAM.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960&amp;quality=100\" width=\"960\" height=\"637\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"article__media-caption\">\n\t\tCharlie Adam is aiming to take Stoke straight back to the Premier League\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve only lost Shaqiri from last season, so we\u2019ll look on paper as one of the best teams, but if we don\u2019t apply ourselves it will be a tough and a long season for everybody.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to start well and no tougher place than Leeds United on the first day of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Listen back to Charlie Adam on the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast IN FULL above!<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n\t\t\tn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n\t\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n\t\t\tdocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p>\t\tfbq('init', '752905198150451');\n\t\tfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\t<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/efl\/401507\/liverpool-signing-xherdan-shaqiri-criticised-charlie-adam\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool new boy Xherdan Shaqiri has been slammed by former Stoke City team-mate Charlie Adam, who says the Swiss winger went missing for the Potters last season as they were relegated from the Premier League. The Reds confirmed the signing of the 26-year-old Switzerland international forward last week in a \u00a313million deal. 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