She was told that Shaqiri refused Switzerland because he had a reputation for not being appointed captain before Jaka, that's what the star of Arsenal said.

Granit Jaka has dismissed rumours in the Swiss media that his fellow traveler, Gerdan Shaqiri, abandoned the Swiss National because of the discontent that he was given the captain's tape instead of the Arsenal star.

In recent days, Swiss media suggested that Gerdan Shaqiri's decision to reject Switzerland's National for Euro 2020 qualifying matches against Ireland and Gibraltar has nothing to do with his reasoning that he wants to focus on his Liverpool club, but is a source of his disappointment with Coach Vladimir Petkovic's decision to appoint Granita captain and not him.

Petkovic has never invited Captain Stephan Lichtsteiner, who is thinking of giving up the National Against the Age and Fall of Form, and in his absence he has appointed captain of Arsenal, Albanian Granit Jaka.

Shaqiri shocked days ago when he announced the Swiss Football Federation that he would not be available to the national helvetic team for the two September games, with the argument that he wants to focus on his Liverpool club.

However, Jaka has dismissed rumors that there are increasing divisions in the Swiss camp.

I can only talk about how important he is to this team. He's a great player, with great quality. He can help us at any match and we are very disappointed that he is not here with us”, Jaka said at a news conference Wednesday, on the eve of Switzerland's match against Ireland.

But we have other footballers, who are qualitative, too. I don't want to talk about how it happened and what happened, because I don't know the right reasons, but I know we lost a big player for these games, he ended up.