Liverpool’s midfield picture could take on fresh international significance after a new update suggested that Curtis Jones may soon receive an important call from the England manager.
England talks planned as Curtis Jones pushes to regain his place
According to Mail Sport journalist Lewis Steele, Thomas Tuchel is set to hold discussions with Curtis Jones in the coming weeks as the national team boss assesses his options for next summer’s World Cup.
Steele reported that: “It is understood he is on the list of those for Tuchel to call in the coming weeks, though, with the German poised to outline the things Jones needs to do to force his way back into the reckoning.”
The 23-year-old missed the last three England camps due to injury while others such as Elliot Anderson and Adam Wharton have moved ahead in the pecking order.
Despite that, Jones still has six senior caps, with four arriving this year, meaning he remains firmly in the conversation and his club form will help.
Our No.17’s performances under Arne Slot have not gone unnoticed, particularly on nights when he has stood up during difficult moments.
Phil Thompson praised the midfielder after our defeat to Galatasaray in Europe, saying: “He was fantastic tonight… absolutely fantastic… I thought he was absolutely our best player tonight.”
That ability to demand the ball in tight spaces mirrors what Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain recently said about Jones’ early confidence, highlighting how he impressed senior figures like Jordan Henderson and James Milner when he first broke into the team.
Those attributes remain visible even as we navigate a challenging run.
Liverpool’s wider form makes individual consistency more valuable
Our recent Premier League trip to Manchester City underlined how much we rely on midfielders willing to take responsibility.
The 3-0 defeat featured just a single shot on target, arriving in the 76th minute, and demonstrated why players who can progress the ball under pressure become so important for us.
With our season needing strong individual contributions as well as collective improvements, Jones’ return to full fitness could not come at a better moment.
Tuchel’s planned conversation suggests the pathway back into England contention remains open.
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Would anyone like to help stir up the voices of those looking to undermine a Scouser and his life-held dreams of playing at a World Cup ?
He’s been brilliant for Tuchel. Disciplined, accurate, hard-working, and that includes doing the self-sacrificing, unglamorous stuff that has to be done for a team to function well.
Scousers were often ignored for the England setup. The likes of fowler, mcmanaman and even Stevie g were being treated as backups behind lampard. Michael owen was the exception perhaps due to lack of good strikers. Scouse fans love to draw a clear line on club VS country and do not treat Liverpool as part of England. I second that as an overseas Liverpool fan.
The separatism of Red Merseyside many fans feel and have been taught to feel over England was no doubt over the way they feel the city as a whole has been treated at least since the Thatcher years, but particularly over the Hillsborough cover-ups, and as we’re seeing in the past few days, there something been festering in the system that’s supposed to protect us from criminality.
Expression through football is the best way they feel to say it and even that is often misrepresented by the media as treasonous.
It’s a desperately sad situation.
Liverpool’s view on it isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.
England, or the wider nation isn’t going either.
Maybe something needs to happen to break that impasse, because it causes pain on both sides ?
Maybe something that makes Scousers feel a little more English, or British and something that makes the English feel a little more Scouse should happen ?
In the background to the football, the Hillsborough Law is being passed for legislation. There’s a clearing out of rotten apples in police forces across the country.
Maybe something can happen, but we should all understand that change can be difficult, but keeping things as they are is worse.
Ps. Sven said some wonderful things about Liverpool FC. Perhaps he was also implying that he was tied up in the job in some way ?
It’s not impossible for Scousers to feel something proud and patriotic for their country, even if sometimes, there is a sense of “I’m better than my country” in doing so.
The brilliant lads and lasses from this city that serve and have served in our forces know that even though peace is better and more profitable for all, sometimes we can’t escape war.
They do it to win back the peace, the justice and the love.
Perhaps scousers are more british/Scottish. The accent is similar to some of the old Scottish friends I have.
Wash yer ears oot lad😅!
Liverpool is situated in NW England.
It historically borders Lancashire, has obvious influence from Welsh and Irish, to make something utterly unique.
How overseas are you, Red ?
Get yersel’ booked in for a hearing test.
Jones is not good enough for Liverpool nevermind England
Hook, line and sinker.