Stoke City’s Xherdan Shaqiri blames his team-mates for relegation woes
With relegation looming, Stoke City need a galvanising force to stir team. Stoke are currently 19th in Premier League. They are circling the Premier League plug hole. So step forward, Stoke’s Swiss international Xherdan Shaqiri to tell his team-amter how rubbish they are. The 26-year-old (!) attacking midfielder told Swiss magazine Sport:
The feeling that even a Ronaldinho could do little in this team is sobering.
I had to realise that it’s a bit different when you have players like (Franck) Ribery and Thiago (Alcantara) at Bayern or (Mauro) Icardi and (Mateo) Kovacic at Inter.
Here at Stoke I can not exert too much influence, simply because there is a lack of quality around me.
I can not just Löffel verwerfen (down tools) but it would take something extreme for Stoke in the transfer market this summer to revive my enthusiasm.
It’s not me. It’s them. What a great bloke.
Some stats on the player’s PL season to date:
Matches played: 29
Goals: 7
Shooting accuracy: 47%
Big chances missed: 2
Passes Per Match: 29.93
Duels Won: 93
Duels Lost: 124
Aerial Battles Won: 5
Aerial Battles Lost: 14
Shaqiri the Legend – the movie will be great.
Posted: 1st, April 2018 | In: News, Sports Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
