Shaqiri is like Messy, says his former coach

Gerdan Shaqiri has natural talent that can be compared to that of Lionel Messi and should aim to become the best player at Liverpool, says his former coach at Basel, Thorsten Fink.

Albania's midfielder has had an extraordinary career, starting in Basel and playing back with giant clubs like Bayer and Inter, before going to Stoke and this summer becoming part of Liverpool for only 13 million pounds. <

Shaqiri is beginning to show the constant value of The Reds, with his qualities that could put a side to the world's football cream right now.

Speaking of E SPN FC, Fink has great elouses for Shaqiri, who scored 2 goals in the last 3 games: “Rando worked endlessly to get where he is, while Messi was born, did not have to work for this talent. Ronaldo has to work without end, with physics and everything. Messy has that talent, that's also true of Shaqiri. <

He has this talent to play with. If he works professionally, he can be the best player at Liverpool, not an ordinary player.

Always the target should be improving and taking the next step. If you play for Liverpool, but don't play regularly, it can't be enough for him, he should aim to become an invulnerable player in formation”.

Fink has led Shaqiri since he was a teenager and transformed him from a wing guard on the offensive side that shines today: “Jardan is intelligent and it was a pleasure to work with him”, says the current coach at the Grassoppers. He played very well as his left defense, for me he was the best I had seen, after Roberto Carlo, but his goal was to play the attack all the time. He was a very creative player, he did things he didn't think he could. It follows in the depths, gives precise chrones, often fires quite well, and also has excellent ball control. He had everything he needed to be the perfect football player.

My main goal was to become more professional. There were small things I wanted him to learn to become one of the best in the world. With his talent, he cannot play for Stoke, he must play for the best. When I led him, he did everything I asked for in the field. Now he's behaving perfectly, transformed into a real professional and it's very important that he's got a very good coach on his head”