JONES: ''SLOT IS AMAZING COACH''

Liverpool midfielder  has spoken about the tactical tweaks being introduced by new Liverpool manager . 

Slot has the daunting task of succeeding long-time boss , who favoured an aggressive brand of football he himself described as "rock and roll" football. 

According to Jones, his new Dutch coach places greater emphasis on the passing range of his central midfielders, and the England international - who was part of Gareth Southgate's provisional 33-man squad for Euro 2024, but did not make the final cut - says he is enjoying the transition to Slot's style of football. 

"He (Slot) is amazing. It's probably the happiest I've been in terms of a style of play that suits me. It's a clear plan in training and he's fully involved, coaching us a lot. He's big on the finer details. He's got a certain way of playing - he knows it will take time as it's a big change, but him and his staff are chilled about it as they know the quality is all there.

"It's always been a hard time, coming around the team as a young lad and I always had a certain way of playing but I had to adapt and change. But that was part of the plan and it was something I can do. But I feel this is more me, I can get on the ball more. I'm excited.

"I feel like my way of playing has been to get on the ball and play, being comfortable on the ball. But then I came around a team that had world-class players and I was played on the wing or up front. The central midfielders were always more runners and disciplined. Those principles are the same but the central midfielder will be more the heart of the team.

"Mo Salah will always get us goals but we need to be comfortable on the ball and be calm in our build-up as a team. We're not in a rush to attack. We need to break teams down and when we give the ball away we can press. In the past it was a rush to get the ball back, a bit too direct, up and down, up and down. Now we want to have all the ball and completely kill a team."

In total, Jones has made 133 appearances for Liverpool, scoring 16 goals and supplying 12 assists since making the breakthrough from the Reds' academy. 

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