Xherdan Shaqiri

The January addition was deemed so important by manager Roberto Mancini that he was added to the Europa League squad at the expense of Lukas Podolski.

The Swiss international is a top quality player and is getting back to his best in Italy after a nightmare start to the season at Bayern Munich.

Shaqiri will be closely marshalled by Scott Brown but creates pockets of space where most players cannot find anything at all. A top class midfielder.