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Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones has outlined his aspirations to be a key player within the squad amid the Reds' push to sign Bayer Leverkusen star Florian Wirtz.

The Reds are continuing their attempts to sign Wirtz in a blockbuster summer transfer after seeing their £109million bid rejected last week.

Jones has quickly emerging as an experienced figure in the Liverpool dressing room after being around the squad that previously won the Premier League, as well as their FA Cup and League Cup successes plus their ups and downs in the Champions League.



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Under Lee Carsley's short-term stint in charge of the England senior squad, he offered the Liverpool midfielder the chance to make his Three Lions debut before further establishing his place in the team under Thomas Tuchel.

Jones bided his time to break into the Liverpool and England set-ups having to wait for the previously experienced figures to move on.

With his introduction to the Reds squad, he faced criticism and calls for further experience away from Anfield on a temporary basis.

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"You don't play 100-plus games for one of the best teams in the world if you don't have belief in yourself, or trust in yourself," he told GQ.

"There's a load of lads who can't break through into teams like this.

Anybody telling you you've got to change and act a different way, that's a load of c***."

"I can live with missing, but I can't live without taking responsibility," he added.

Jones was one of the Liverpool players who saw his spot-kick saved during the Champions League quarter-final shootout against Paris Saint-Germain.

But the 24-year-old shrugged off the mental challenges that missing a penalty can bring as he outlined his ambitions to become a focal point at Anfeld, as well as establishing himself on the international stage.

He added: "I see myself as being a lad who wants to take risks.

I want to be a lad who's relied on by the team, the staff, the fans, and I want to be a huge star.

"I know that comes with [responsibility] – you're going to have to take the last shot, or you're going to have to take a penalty, or you're going to have to be the one to keep hold of the ball.

The best in the world all miss.

"But the reason why they're the best in the world is because they don't let that affect them.

They will do it again, and the ones that you score are the ones that everybody will be speaking about.

"Hopefully, I'll play in a World Cup, in a Euros, and I'll score penalties then.