Oxlade-Chamberlain shares what he immediately noticed about 'exceptional' Liverpool star in training

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Jordan Henderson, Sadio Mane, and Mohamed Salah were all at Anfield during his spell, but the Englishman has now admitted he was left impressed by another player while honing his craft on Merseyside.Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty ImagesHow Curtis Jones impressed Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainSpeaking to Ben Foster on the Fozcast this week, Oxlade-Chamberlain spoke about how Curtis Jones left an instant impression with the confidence he showed when promoted to the senior side.He said: “And I think the last example I can remember that did it really well was Curtis Jones. When he first came into the Liverpool team, we all knew what Curt was like with the young boys.

He’s confident, he’s sort of the leader of the group.“But then when he came in with the first team with Jordan Henderson, James Milner, he still had that about him. And when we trained, he still had that confidence to try a step over and try something.

But then when the older boys would do a bit of old school treatment on him, he’d react really well to it and listen and stop and take it on board and pull them and say, what do you mean by that?“And I think that goes a long way with older players. “They’re trying to go with Curtis Jones, a very good player, but he’s not got the defensive qualities of the other midfielders… It’s energy in midfield why Liverpool were so consistent.”Jones has been injured recently and missed the win over Aston Villa before returning to play 11 minutes off the bench against Real Madrid.Richards’ verdict seemingly isn’t shared by everyone, however, with Jay Spearing calling the midfielder ‘exceptional’ and saying he has played his way into Slot’s eleven.Liverpool face a high-scoring Manchester City this weekend, and Slot may prefer a more experienced, defensive-minded three of Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis MacAllister and Dominik Szoboszlai.