Liverpool Transfer News: Xherdan Shaqiri Revelation, Latest Niklas Sule Rumours

Stoke City winger Xherdan Shaqiri has revealed how Bayern Munich blocked his move to Liverpool in 2014, while Bayern Munich are close to landing reported Reds target Niklas Sule.

Shaqiri was a wanted man after a solid showing at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which included scoring a hat-trick against Honduras, and a transfer away from Bayern seemed inevitable with the Swiss international struggling for playing time.

Speaking to Spox (h/t Liverpool Echo’s James Pearce), the 25-year-old revealed how then-Reds manager Brendan Rodgers tried desperately to land him and how he eventually settled on Inter Milan a year later:

I wanted to leave that summer and had offers from Liverpool and Atletico.

Brendan Rodgers called me several times before the World Cup. But Bayern forbade me to leave.

Inter wanted me the most. They promised me a new Inter.

The reception was really crazy. A security man nearly choked me because there was chaos. The lifestyle was amazing, they were the best six months of my life.

The football was very tactical. It was difficult to bring in my explosive style of playing. There was training in which I shot corners for two hours. I never experienced this before.

Shaqiri only spent half a season in the Italian fashion capital before moving to Stoke, where he has finally found some stability. At the time, …

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