Liverpool bowed out of the Carabao Cup yesterday after losing to Arsenal on penalties at Anfield.

Jurgen Klopp’s side created some very good chances during the game but it stayed 0-0 after 90 minutes. In the penalty shoot out, Arsenal edged Liverpool 5-4 to progress to the fourth round of the competition.

Many Liverpool fans were left bemused that Klopp didn’t include Xherdan Shaqiri in the line-up, as many had expected him to feature.

The Reds boss said after the match that he was fit and there was no disciplinary issue either, which fuelled the speculation that he could leave the club.

According to Neil Jones of Goal.com, the Swiss attacking midfielder was omitted due to transfer interest from at least two clubs. As a result, Liverpool didn’t want to take any risks with him. 

Many Liverpool fans took to Twitter to react to the transfer update, with many suggesting that Shaqiri should stay at the club.

I thought we should keep him. Cos we need a left footer to backup Salah so the team can be balance if we playing the backup lads. Jota – Minamino- Shaqiri is a balance and great backup . If Shaqiri is gone . Who’s the left footer to play from RW

— Kehinde odukoya (@omoakin24) October 1, 2020

Wow, absolutely criminal how we’re thinking of selling him.

— AK (@AKayani07) October 1, 2020

Erm, this doesn't make logical sense, what about the transfer bids/interest in wilson/grujic! They are both in starting line up @neiljonesgoal are we lfc fans missing something here!

— 19