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Curtis Jones has risked angering Liverpool fans by suggesting former Chelsea star Eden Hazard is a better footballer than current team-mate Mohamed Salah.
Salah is having one of the greatest seasons of all time, putting up incredible numbers as Liverpool lead both the Premier League and Champions League.
But Jones admitted he had grown up watching Hazard and enjoyed watching the Belgian even more, if he also admitted Salah was the player he would prefer to be in his own team.
“I know we always compare him to Mo and I’ve been in it with Mo. I play it off him, who I looked up to as a kid when I loved the game and wanted to be like a player. I think so Crisis. Every game, I’d watch it…’Wow, that’s football.’
“I wouldn’t say he’s been disrespected, but he certainly won’t come into the negotiations that he should,” the home-selling Liverpool player said of Hazard afterwards, referring to Careers are disappointingly premature After a disastrous record transfer to Real Madrid.
“That’s one thing I’ve done with Mo and all the boys. As a footballer, is he better than Mo? In my opinion, yes. But who would you have in your team? They’d call Mo because he’d give you your goals and assists. receive.”
When Ferdinand clarified that he would watch Hazard but put Salah in the squad to win games, Jones agreed: “Yeah, sure, for sure, it’s as simple as that.”
Even with that clarification, Jones was criticized Liverpool fans on social media for speaking so highly of someone else in direct comparison to his own colleague. The 23-year-old continued to post X himself, underlining the statement that he would still prefer to play with Salah.
Along with Salah’s picture, he wrote; “Whom I choose on my team.”
Whom I would like to have in my team 😁 pic.twitter.com/Eb7ugwubdY
— Curtis Jones (@curtisjr_10) January 20, 2025
