SHAQIRI: PEP WAS SPECIAL BUT DEMANDING

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In his earlier days the 25 year old Switzerland international and Stock City player reveals that the in his Bayern Munich days he was forced out by the Spaniard Guardiola.

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Xherdan Shaqiri admits that Guardiola is "special, detailed and pretty demanding".

The 25 year old undergo a testing period with the Catalan manager in his Bayern Munich days.

The reigning Bundesliga champions have won the Bundesliga, German Cup and Champions League crowns in the 2012-2013 campaign and in that season the Switzerland international made 39 appearances for his old club (Bayern Munich).

After that he was benched most of the time by the Spaniard manager Guardiola and then he was loaned out to Italian giant Inter Milan in 2015. 
The 25 year old attacker who is now playing his football in the EPL with Stock City he expressed his penance to fall out of favour,

But he admits that he is the best coaches around the world.

In an interview Shaqiri told that: My situation changed under Pep Guardiola, but I never had any problems with him.

“Unfortunately I had some injury problems. But I got unhappy because I played a lot of games before and had my say in the treble season. But then players came from the bench before me even though they had a lower

"standing within the team. This was disappointing of course, though I'd say I never feared competition and wanted to show the coach why he was wrong.

“His training was special, detailed and pretty demanding – but absolutely ace. We did everything with the ball.

The former Inter Milan played only six months in Milan then he was move out to the Stock City.

Now the Swiss star penned a five year contract with the Potters (Stock City).

In this season the attacker has scored three goals so far for his side in his 11 outings.