Swansea City boss Garry Monk has moved to clear up recent comments he made regarding midfielder Jonjo Shelvey.
The 35-year-old described the former Liverpool man as being "lazy" earlier this week due to his poor disciplinary record, warning that his place in the team was at risk should he not improve certain aspects of his game.
Shelvey failed to take his manager's advice having been charged for violent conduct by the Football Association after clashing with Emre Can at Anfield on Monday night, although Monk insists that any talk of a move away from the club for the England international is wide of the mark.
"It was not my intention to give the impression I do not want Jonjo here," he is quoted as saying by BBC Sport. "It is often the case [to sell] when a manager talks about a player - but that is absolutely not the case.
"When I talked about him I was talking about the specific instances where he can do better, in relation to the yellow cards he has picked up. When I talked about laziness I meant the situations he gets into to get bookings, not his overall performances.
"Yes, he can do better, but so can all our players. With Jonjo it is a case of me trying to help him, him trying to help himself and pushing on. He is going to get a lot better and I want that to happen here at Swansea, not anywhere else."
Shelvey has made 19 appearances for Swansea this season, picking up seven yellow cards and one red.
Daniel Lewis
