{"id":295404,"date":"2023-10-25T16:24:48","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T16:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=295404"},"modified":"2023-10-25T16:24:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T16:24:48","slug":"liverpool-star-curtis-jones-claims-his-frame-of-mind-has-changed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/liverpool-star-curtis-jones-claims-his-frame-of-mind-has-changed\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool star Curtis Jones claims his 'frame of mind' has changed"},"content":{"rendered":"
Curtis Jones says he is maturing into a leader-like figure in the Liverpool dressing room and has taken a lot of useful experiences from starring in England\u2019s Under 21s glory in the European Championships this summer.<\/p>\n
The 22-year-old Scouser recently passed 100 appearances for the Reds and will return to the squad in tonight\u2019s Europa League encounter with Toulouse after serving a three-match ban for a controversial red card in the much-discussed defeat at Tottenham last month.<\/p>\n
Jones has been a regular in Liverpool\u2019s XI this season despite Jurgen Klopp\u2019s side spending north of \u00a3150million on fellow midfielders in the summer, and believes he is back to his best after a couple of campaigns plagued by multiple injuries.<\/p>\n
\u2018I had a time where I was out for, I think it was 15 weeks or something, and it was (all about) the hunger I had in me to come back and play,\u2019 said Jones. \u2018I just worked hard. My frame of mind changed, and I matured as well.<\/p>\n
\u2018I came back and I was fortunate enough to help with goals and assists, but the most important thing that I had at the end of the season was that I was playing game after game after game. (The U21 Euros) helped 100 per cent.<\/p>\n
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Liverpool star Curtis Jones has claimed that his ‘frame of mind’ has changed in recent times<\/p>\n
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\u2018I think I had 12 games consecutively (for Liverpool before the Euros). I came in, I had a buzz about me, confidence. I went in there and I was myself and I was fortunate enough to make the team of the tournament and I scored the goal (in the final) apparently! I\u2019m carrying on the form.\u2019<\/p>\n
Jones\u2019 joke is referring to the tournament-winning goal which deflected in off him from a Cole Palmer free-kick. He says he feels like one of the seniors at Anfield now especially with the mass changes made in the summer.<\/p>\n
\u2018It\u2019s a tough one, if I\u2019m honest, because I\u2019ve always been the younger kid,\u2019 added Jones, who recently captained the Reds against Leicester. \u2018Now there\u2019s kids coming in and I\u2019m having a conversation with them. It\u2019s about helping out the kids as well.<\/p>\n
\u2018It\u2019s good to have the armband on me and to be captain, but every time at the training ground I always try to be a leader in my own way.\u2019<\/p>\n
Cody Gakpo has been in full training for Liverpool since Sunday after a knee injury, while Caiomhin Kelleher should be fit again for the visit of the French side.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Andy Robertson had successful surgery on Wednesday and will now begin his recovery – but is unlikely to play again before Christmas.<\/p>\n
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The academy graduate (middle) claims younger stars in the squad now look to him for advice<\/p>\n
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