Stoke City midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri has absolutely massive calves.
You know it, I know it, Tubes from Soccer AM knows it, and the man himself had some interesting comments about his beastly calves when quizzed on them for Soccer AM.
It's impossible not to notice them, as a man so small in stature with calves as wide as his make the Swiss international look a bit like a cartoon character, I mean, look at them...
But while they give him that extra bit of explosive power with his dribbling and shooting, they come with their own risks and contrary to popular belief, they do not have magical powers.
Of course I have really massive calves and sometimes I need more treatment, but they are normal like everybody else, just a little bigger.
Sometimes maybe there's more danger of injury because I have really massive muscles, but also for the power it helps a lot for me and I think you see that also on the pitch.
Tubes then asked Shaqiri about his outrageous goal against Everton last season, one that many chalked off as an accident, but the Stoke man was adamant that it was deliberate.
Of course. Of course. I always score beautiful goals, I try to score normal goals also but I don't know why I don't.
What a quote that is. Shaqiri is a vert interesting character, one who took a lot of criticism for his decision to move to Stoke, but with the transfers that have happened since, you feel that he wouldn't face that same criticism if he moved last summer rather than the year before.
He was one of the first to kickstart the eye-brow raising deals to Premier League clubs that were previously not known for their spending power, and his interview with Soccer AM was very enjoyable.
