Swansea City midfielder Jonjo Shelvey says Liverpool didn't want him to leave.

Shelvey left Anfield over 18 months ago for Swansea, which host Liverpool tonight.

Shelvey, 23, told BBC Sport Reds boss Brendan Rodgers even called his dad in a last-ditch attempt to halt the move.

"I was on the way to Swansea and he told me I didn't have to go," said Shelvey, who faces his former club in the Premier League on Monday.

"He spent hours on the phone to my dad in an effort to try and get me to stay. But I had made up my mind to come."