Liam Shaw issues honest message on what leaving Sheffield Wednesday for Celtic was like

Liam Shaw decided to switch from England to Scotland last year by joining Celtic from Sheffield Wednesday but the player himself has admitted to The Daily Record that it wasn’t an easy decision for him to leave the Owls.

The 20-year-old managed to make a total of 21 appearances for the side before departing and while he looked fairly solid during those showings, he wasn’t getting many starts and decided the best port of call was to move away.

Instead of staying with Wednesday in League One then, the player bagged a move to SPL high-flyers Celtic. Having only made one appearance for them too though since the switch, he has now secured a loan deal to Motherwell for the remainder of the campaign.

That should allow Shaw to get more experience of Scottish football so that he can return to his parent club a better player than when he left. It will also allow him to get on the field more, with Celtic not able to currently offer him frequent minutes.

So far then, it has been the Owls where he has played most of his competitive football and it was at Wednesday where he came through the ranks – and the player has admitted to The Daily Record that it was a ‘hard’ call to leave Hillsborough.

He said: “I am a Sheffield lad. It’s been a big move for me but I have been really enjoying it so far.

“Motherwell is a big club and I want to get in as many games as I can here. That will go on to help develop me and hopefully I can help the club while I’m here too.

“It was tough to leave Sheffield and move all the way up here. Sheffield is all I’ve known so it was hard. But I thought the move was the best decision for my career.”

Shaw can certainly get more action now he is in Scotland and if he performs well at Motherwell, then he could get