Duo left out of Liverpool squad as transfer rumours rumble: ‘A sense something will happen,’ says journalist

Liverpool duo Xherdan Shaqiri and Nat Phillips have been left out of Jurgen Klopp’s latest match-day squad.

Both players have been linked with moves away from Anfield this summer and it appears their absence is somewhat related.

MORE: (Video) Harvey Elliott’s highlights v. Athletic show LFC have an absolute gem on their hands

As mused by uber-reliable journalist Neil Jones, there is ‘a sense something will happen’ for the Liverpool duo after being left out of the team to face Osasuna in the Reds’ final pre-season fixture.

No Xherdan Shaqiri or Nat Phillips in the Liverpool squad tonight. Both have been strongly linked with moves away.

Nothing imminent, I'm told, but certainly a sense that something will happen, and club have decided not to take the risk with those two tonight. #LFC

— Neil Jones (@neiljonesgoal) August 9, 2021

Shaqiri has been linked with several potential moves to Serie A, with the Swiss flyer name-dropping Lazio in a recent interview.

While a move to fellow Premier League outfits Burnley and Brighton have been talked up for Phillips, who is now considered the fifth-choice centre-half at Liverpool.

Leaving Anfield could be wise for the duo, with players like Ibou Konate, Taki Minamino and Harvey Elliott likely now ahead of them.

The post Duo left out of Liverpool squad as transfer rumours rumble: ‘A sense something will happen,’ says journalist appeared first on The Empire of The Kop.