Curtis Jones has been the topic of some intriguing rumours pertaining to curiosity from Arsenal and his childhood allegiances, however he’s Liverpool born and bred.
The 22-year-old has grown in stature and significance as soon as extra for Jurgen Klopp this season, turning into a key cog in midfield and a dependable possibility after battles with uncommon accidents.
At instances he’s proved a straightforward goal to direct frustrations at, however Jones continues to develop in an upward trajectory, and his supervisor just lately lauded his off-ball work having “set the extent” for “the way it ought to look.”
The Toxteth native has thus just lately seen his identify linked to Arsenal as they hunt for a No. 8, with information aggregators shortly peddling the road that he was a boyhood Gunners fan – bizarre, we all know.
It seems to stem again to a line in an article from The Athletic in 2019, when it was stated Jones “had as soon as instructed anybody keen to hear on the membership’s academy that he was, actually, an Arsenal fan.”
A cheeky declaration at greatest it appears, as Jones has readily voiced that he’s Liverpool born and bred.
“It’s my boyhood membership, I’m a Scouser, I’ve supported the membership for the entire of my life,” the 22-year-old stated when signing his newest contract in 2022.
The Occasions‘ Paul Joyce, in a intriguing piece on Jones, even made notice to say that “opposite to inaccurate rumours that he was an Arsenal supporter rising up, his allegiance has at all times been Liverpool and he at all times pretended to be Gerrard.”
The midfielder has been with Liverpool since under-nine stage and performed for his idol, Gerrard, when the previous membership captain took over as under-18s supervisor in 2017.
Talking of Gerrard’s relationship with Jones, the previous No. 8 instructed the Anfield Wrap: “I stated to Jurgen ‘stick with this child, no matter you’re pondering hold him and stick with him as a result of he gained’t allow you to down’.
“When you get him proper and also you’ve mounted the few little issues that you could repair, he gained’t allow you to down, he’ll be there for you. I believe he’s exhibiting Jurgen that now.”
A homegrown expertise, a product of the academy and a participant that’s rising with each passing season, Liverpool won’t relinquish Jones any time quickly regardless of any absurd rumours on the contrary.
