Curtis Jones deserves more playing time in 2020
Liverpool starlet Curtis Jones deserves more playing time in 2020 as the squad will shift and change going into next season.
The competition for places will naturally thing next season as Liverpool will more than likely sell Xherdan Shaqiri and allow Adam Lallana to leave for nothing.
Harry Wilson might not be sticking around either, and that will give Curtis Jones an excellent chance to make a name for himself in the first team.
He deserves that opportunity.
We’ve seen brief flashes of the attacker as he impressed against Everton in the FA Cup and then demanded more minutes from manager Jurgen Klopp.
His confidence is high, and the technique is clearly there. Training with the first team will have given the youngster a good appreciation of what the manager wants from his players and it’ll have allowed him to integrate with the main group.
Even if Liverpool sign another forward, like Timo Werner, there should be space within the first team set up for the Mersey lad – who can play out wide on the left or through the middle.
With Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah, potentially, off for the African Cup of Nations in January, the full strength of this first team unit will be stretched by Curtis Jones could be someone who steps up and has an impact.
For this club to continue to build their reputation as a place for youngsters to come through into the first team, they must reward the best performances from the U23s and give them a chance to play senior minutes.
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This is the only way we can find out if they’re good enough, and while there’s a place for him the money should be saved and Curtis Jones given a chance.
Going out on loan could be of aid to the starlet, although we’ve seen that Klopp prefers to keep those he highly rates close to his chest.