Jonjo Shelvey: I wasn’t pushed out of Liverpool – Swansea was the right decision
Jonjo Shelvey says he has no regrets about leaving Liverpool and insists he was not forced out of the club.
The midfielder made an early summer switch to Swansea after three years with the Reds, but despite being disappointed not to have made it on Merseyside, Shelvey says it was his decision to leave.
‘It’s a big thing, trying to knock Steven out of the team,’ Shelvey said.
‘If you had a really good game, the next week you might still be out because the likes of Gerrard are coming back. Imagine that. And you can’t argue with it – it’s crazy how good he is.
‘Brendan told me I could stay there and see what happened. It really was my choice. I wasn’t pushed.
‘But I wanted to play football. I would hate to be one of those sitting on my money. It is in my character, the way I was brought up.
The 21-year-old says he was given positive signs over how many minutes he would get under Laudrup – ‘he told me if I play well in a game, then I will start the next game’ – and having won his first senior England cap last summer, he believes he can recapture the acclaim that he once enjoyed.
‘It’s about confidence and knowing you’ll get game time if you do well,’ added Shelvey.
‘I wanted to play, to get back the status that I used to have. Now I am playing.’
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