Liverpool star reveals Jurgen Klopp’s text after historic Leicester win
Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones has revealed details of a text message he received from his former manager Jurgen Klopp after making 100 Premier League appearances for his boyhood club.
The academy graduate brought up his century of outings aa Victory 3-1 over Leicester City on Christmas Day, marking the milestone with a goal. Jones has been in fine form this season, thriving in the more controlled version of football introduced by Arne Slot as he embraced his new parenthood.
After scoring the 10th league goal of his prolific Liverpool career, Jones revealed that the manager who gave him his Premier League The debutant was the first to offer his best wishes after the game. “I went in then and normally texted the family and saw a text from Klopp saying: ‘Congratulations on 100 games and here’s to 500,'” the 23-year-old midfielder told the BBC. match of the day.
“I said, ‘What are you talking about?’ Then I checked it out and I’m proud. He was the one who built the team we have now.
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Statistics of the first 100 appearances of the PL |
Curtis Jones |
Steven Gerrard |
|---|---|---|
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minutes |
5,098 |
7,132 |
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goals |
10 |
11 |
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Assistance |
7 |
11 |
Jones has seven Premier League assists to go along with his double-digit goal tally, closing in on the figures put up by top Liverpool academy graduate Steven Gerrard in his first century of appearances for the league
The recent England international caused a whisper of controversy during pre-season when he revealed that Slot’s possession-based approach it was “more me” than Klopp’s style, which Jones described as “a bit too direct, up and down, up and down”.
childhood Liverpool The fan was quick to clarify his comments and Klopp is clear that his former player bears no ill will. Even if Jones reaches the optimistic tally of 500 Premier League appearances set by his former German manager, he would still trail Gerrard (504) and Jamie Carragher (508) on the club’s record appearance list. However, unlike that legendary duoJones has won the Premier League title.
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