Klopp outlines Liverpool transfer stance amid Shaqiri exit talk

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has responded to speculation linking Xherdan Shaqiri with a move to Roma or Sevilla by reiterating that he has “no intention” of selling the Swiss international or any of his squad during the January transfer window.

Former Stoke City man Shaqiri has been restricted to a bit-part role for the Reds so far this season.

Despite scoring against Everton in a 5-2 win at Anfield in December in his only full game of the campaign, the 28-year-old's only other start came in the 2-0 home victory over Watford later that month with his other four Premier League outings totalling just 15 minutes of action in substitute cameo appearances.

With Shaqiri eager to play on a more regular basis, he has reportedly attracted attention from both La Liga and Serie A where he briefly played for Inter in 2015 before his switch to England.

However, Klopp insisted that Liverpool do not want to part with Shaqiri or any of their senior players this month.

He said: “We had the majority of December and January with a bench full of kids. Wonderful kids, but kids.

“So how could we think about giving a player to anybody? I don't understand that.

“It's not about Shaq or whatever, it's about pretty much everybody. We have to keep them for sorting our situation and not the situation for different clubs.

“If somebody would come around the corner and ask properly but that didn't happen.

“Then maybe, if they are desperate or whatever then we think but there is absolutely no intention from our side to do anything.”