There all a similar age, aren’t they?
Still it’s a positive
I prefer them being friends with each other than with Bellingham.
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Maybe if enough of our players were friends with Bellingham, the momentum would flip the other way and players would start leaving Real to come here 
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I can’t remember the last time I saw an England midfielder have the belief and ability to take a pass on the half turn, absorb a challenge, keep possession and make a positive pass until Curtis.
Everyone else passes straight back.
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Proving many of his critics wrong just needs to stay injury free.
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Manchester City full-back Kyle Walker has been discussing Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones on the latest episode of his BBC Sounds podcast.
The pair were team-mates in England’s recent Nations League games.
Walker said: "Curtis Jones in both of the games was fantastic. I think he played really well. It’s the first time that I’ve played with him. Obviously, I’ve played against him numerous times for Liverpool, but to actually play with him, he’s got some ability.
"I feel that he controlled the game. He played the game at his tempo, he got on the ball.
"Normally, when certain players or players in the past have come to the England team and got their debut, they’ve not really expressed themselves as he did and I think that just shows the confidence that he’s taking on from this season given the game time that he’s got at Liverpool and under the new manager and he’s brought into the national team. I thought it was a breath of fresh air.”
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Curtis was like that from day in the Liverpool side as well. He’s never lacked for confidence or a sense of belonging at the level.
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That’s what I was talking about, England needing more players, proper #8’s, who can control the game. Walker knows what he’s talking about because he can compare City and England and see a little bit what’s missing in midfield.
Yeah, self-confidence has always been a trait of his. I hope that with experience, he will iron out some flaws in his game, like getting tangled in with an opponent trying to keep the ball at all costs instead of going for the safe option but Slot is definitely chisseling a different player out of him than what we saw under Klopp. If I was him, I’d spend my days analysing Modrić’s game - every game. The guy’s a master, even at 39.
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After today Luca will be watching Jones’ highlights (and seeing himself left for dust in several of them)
Jones did sit him on his arse once to start a terrific move, which got me dreaming about the next Scouse midfield great… I really hope Jones’ injury issues are behind him, I begin to see why he was so effusive in his praise of Slot and his football a few months back.