Swansea manager Garry Monk is adamant he has no plans to sell England midfielder Jonjo Shelvey in this month’s transfer window.

Monk criticised Shelvey ahead of the 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.

Shelvey was selected against his former club on Monday, but had an unhappy night in Swansea’s 4-1 defeat as he failed to track Adam Lallana for Liverpool’s third goal and then headed into his own net to cap a miserable night for Monk’s men.

There was further bad news to come yesterday as he was handed a four-match ban for violent conduct by the FA.

Shelvey clashed with Emre Can when he appeared to fling back an arm into the face of the German. The incident was not seen by the match officials.

Monk, though, insists that Shelvey, who joined Swansea City in a £5 million deal in the summer of 2013, is going nowhere in this month’s transfer window and has a key role to play at the Liberty Stadium.

“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.”