Curtis Jones reveals how Steven Gerrard “had a pop” at him and changed his life

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Steven Gerrard‘s vast influence on Curtis Jones isn’t lost on the Liverpool midfielder, who has called him a “huge part of my career and life.” Jones is enjoying one of his most impressive runs of form for the Reds, shining in the wins over Inter Milan and Brighton. “Steven would be the first to say that once I overcame a thing where I complicate things and thought I was the man because I had a No.

10 on my back and things like that, I’d be the first man he’d pick on his team. “Coming from a man like him who I idolised, I thought, ‘I’ve got to change if it’s him that’s telling me’.

“From there, he stuck with me and I stuck with him and we worked. “A year after, I’m around the first team and I’m stood here now on 200 games, so he’s obviously a man that I’d like to thank as well.” • READ: ‘I’ve heard the criticism’ – Curtis Jones explains why he slows down play so often Curtis Jones primed for big next step at Liverpool?