Curtis Jones has grown steadily 12 months on 12 months underneath Jurgen Klopp‘s tutelage, and his skillset has his former England coach hailing him as one of many “most proficient” he’s labored with.
Now 22, Jones has aged out of worldwide youth soccer and should now await any name up from Gareth Southgate to symbolize England.
His performances thus far this season must have put him into competition earlier than succumbing to damage previous to the November break, with the midfielder a key cog for Klopp’s facet.
Jones is industrious and has visibly matured with each passing season within the first workforce, and his rise has been no shock to those that have labored with him, together with England under-21s boss Lee Carsley.
“Just like Cole [Palmer], I’m not shocked one bit (by how Jones has been doing),” Carsley lately stated, through the Echo. “Curtis could be up there with probably the most proficient gamers I’ve labored with.
“He’s received every little thing that you just want as a midfielder. He can run, he’s very, very quick, he’s highly effective, he can rating, he can help, he can defend, he can take the ball – all he wants is alternative.
“The way in which he’s performed once I’ve seen him play, he’s been excellent. He simply wanted to remain match.
“I do know he’s struggled typically with that consistency of taking part in however to see him take that kind that he confirmed in the summertime, that duty, the understanding of the place, into taking part in for Liverpool is sensible to see.”
These traits have gotten a extra constant a part of Jones’ sport week in and week out and it will be a shock to few if he’s recalled straight again into the XI at Man Metropolis if match sufficient to take action.
Jarell Quansah and Harvey Elliott have been each named in Carsley’s squad for this month’s internationals – alongside Tyler Morton – and the pair have equally impressed.
On Elliott, Carsley stated: “A participant that we’ve received a whole lot of religion in and we see him as an actual excessive potential. Seeing the best way that he’s developed has been superb, not solely on the pitch however off the pitch.”
As for Quansah, he was praised for being “very level-headed” and a participant that may “deal with and take of their stride” any problem you place of their means.
Three brilliant younger skills, all with a task to play this season and past.
