Swansea City boss Garry Monk denies he plans to sell Jonjo Shelvey.

Monk criticised Shelvey ahead of the Barclays Premier League game at Liverpool when he told the 22-year-old to "wise up" and said he would not tolerate his "laziness" any more.

"It is often the case (to sell) when a manager talks about a player," Monk said. "But that is absolutely not the case. It was not my intention to give the impression I do not want Jonjo here.

"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."