Arsenal eye Shaqiri, Krychowiak and McCarthy in January sales

Bayern Munich star available for loan with option to buy, with Liverpool also keen on the Swiss

Xherdan Shaqiri of Bayern Munich
(Image credit: Lennart Preiss/Bongarts/Getty)

Swiss star Xherdan Shaqiri is on the verge of being cut loose by Bayern Munich and the Daily Mirror says that Arsenal and Liverpool are on "alert" for the wideman – not a word often associated with either club this season. The Mirror claims that Bayern boss Pep Guardiola is ready to let Shaqiri leave the Allianz Arena on a loan deal in January with the German giants said to have put the fee at £1.5m with the option of a £12m permanent deal next summer.

As well as Arsenal and Liverpool, Shaqiri has caught the eyes of Napoli and Atletico Madrid and the 23-year-old is believed to be open to a move after falling down the pecking order at Bayern behind Arjen Robben, Franck Ribery and Thomas Muller in front of him.

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Bill Mann is a football correspondent for The Week.co.uk, scouring the world's football press daily for the popular Transfer Talk column.