He said Jurgen Klopp recently that it did not seem a good idea to him that there were hundreds of footballers traveling the world as the situation around the coronavirus is, and this Tuesday news arrives that will undoubtedly irritate the coach of the Liverpool. Xherdan Shaqiri, footballer ‘red’, has COVID as confirmed by the Swiss Federation with which he had been summoned for this international break, and joins Thiago Alcantara Y Sadio mané as footballers of Liverpool beaten by this damn disease.
Shaqiri had been summoned by Vladimir Petkovic for this Wednesday's friendly against Croatia and the matches corresponding to the UEFA Nations League against Spain and Germany, but in the end it will not contest any of them after confirming the Swiss federation itself that has the coronavirus.
The low of Shaqiri is especially sensitive for a Switzerland of which he is one of its main stars, and also for Liverpool not because he is a regular footballer, but because of the fact of joining the absence of Mané. It remains to be determined whether or not the Senegalese arrives in time for the Everton-Liverpool on the 17th, but Shaqiri will surely not be available for Klopp.