'Liverpool's new Kop idol is ready to make Steven Gerrard's bold comments a reality'

Curtis Jones is starting to impressment astatine the bosom of Arne Slot's Liverpool broadside and a storming show against Chelsea showed the steps helium has taken astatine Anfield, having antecedently been nether the tutelage of Kop fable Steven Gerrard

It's acold excessively aboriginal to beryllium talking astir Curtis Jones pursuing successful the footsteps of Steven Gerrard.

But I ever knew the Liverpool midfielder had what it took to go the latest Scouser to beryllium a Kop idol. And what surely shouldn’t beryllium underestimated is the relation that Stevie played successful processing a subordinate who has already gone up different level nether the guidance of Arne Slot.

I person watched with involvement arsenic Jones has progressed done the ranks astatine Anfield due to the fact that helium comes from the aforesaid Toxteth streets arsenic me. It’s ever bully to spot 1 of your ain doing well. Towards the extremity of past season, I really suggested that the 23-year-old had done capable successful a title-chasing squad to beryllium included successful England’s squad for the Euros.

In the end, that proved to beryllium a measurement excessively far, with Gareth Southgate leaving Jones retired of his enactment for Germany aft initially including Jones successful his 33-man preliminary squad for the tournament. I deliberation it’s lone a substance of clip earlier helium wins his first England cap aft taking immoderate elephantine strides guardant nether Slot this season.

Jones scored the winning extremity and earned a punishment successful an all-action show against Chelsea past play - and was rightly named antheral of the match. I deliberation the Dutchman’s much measured attack is bringing the champion retired of the lad.

And if helium tin reproduce that erstwhile the Reds look different large trial astatine Arsenal, past his lawsuit to beryllium included successful Lee Carsley’s squad for the Nations League games against Greece and the Republic of Ireland volition beryllium compelling.

This isn’t by immoderate means a disapproval of Jurgen Klopp, but I’m not definite his in-your-face attack was the champion imaginable acceptable for Jones. Curtis relies much connected method than high-energy pressing - and with the caller manager trying to enforce a much possession-based doctrine connected the squad helium inherited, it hasn’t amazed maine 1 spot that he's travel to the fore.

The comparisons to Stevie G person already started - and if Curtis tin person conscionable fractional of the vocation that Liverpool’s erstwhile skipper had past helium volition go immoderate player.

I bash deliberation Gerrard saw thing of himself successful Jones erstwhile helium was moving successful the club’s academy. Even arsenic a youngster, helium didn’t endure from a deficiency of content successful his ain quality - and from what I understand, Stevie recognised consecutive distant that determination was a request to mould that confidence.

I deliberation that Gerrard was capable to impressment upon the midfielder that helium was playing successful a presumption wherever the request for subject was conscionable arsenic paramount arsenic the quality to sound a 50-yard pass. He instilled successful him the Liverpool ethic that the squad indispensable ever travel first.

Could Jones truly person had a amended mentor than the Liverpool fable helium grew up wanting to be?

It says overmuch astir the lad that helium opened himself up to proposal from idiosyncratic who had walked the locomotion and was perfectly placed to present speech the talk. Liverpool fans person ever loved having section lads successful the team. I inactive consciousness the emotion erstwhile I bump into supporters each astir the world. You person a transportation that volition ne'er beryllium broken.

Stevie was spot-on this week erstwhile helium suggested this was Curtis Jones’ time. I deliberation he’s acceptable to fly.

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