Should you’ve grown uninterested in the Mo Salah and Eden Hazard comparisons you aren’t alone, and Curtis Jones made certain to make clear the place he stands after feedback he made to Rio Ferdinand.
No matter what number of information Salah breaks and the unbelievable tally of targets and assists he has, there’ll at all times be a comparability to Hazard and his ability set.
The 2 are undoubtedly among the many most interesting footballers to grace the Premier League and it’s why a debate on the subject isn’t too far-off.
Everyone knows the place we stand on the matter, although!
Jones, nevertheless, disturbed the beehive when talking to TNT Sports activities‘ Ferdinand about which gamers he favored to look at, and he knew he’d entice consideration by dropping Hazard’s title.
“My one and I do know this would possibly go somewhat bit left with our followers as a result of the comparability is at all times there, however [Eden] Hazard,” Jones mentioned.
“Hazard is the one, I do know we examine with Mo on a regular basis, and I’ve been into it with Mo.
“As a participant from who I’ve seen as a child, once I liked and was finding out the sport and I wished to be like a participant, I really feel prefer it was Hazard.
“He was the one who each sport I’d watch him I used to be identical to, ‘Wow, that’s soccer’.”
You definitely can’t blame Jones for his alternative of function fashions, Hazard’s brilliance on the ball made him unplayable – however that doesn’t imply Liverpool’s No. 17 would select him over Salah.
The one I’d quite have in my crew ? pic.twitter.com/Eb7ugwubdY
— Curtis Jones (@curtisjr_10) January 20, 2025
After his feedback made their solution to social media, Jones took to X to publish a current selfie with Salah and the caption: “The one I’d quite have in my crew.”
Is true! We’d have the participant who has scored 175 targets in 284 Premier League appearances over the one with 85 in 245, too.
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Sensing that Jones had already stirred the pot, Ferdinand went the additional size to ask if he would quite watch Hazard over Gerrard. It acquired the response you’ll anticipate.
“Nah, as a result of I can’t hear a incorrect phrase about him,” Jones mentioned of Gerrard, his former U18s coach. “If total I might be like a participant, then it could be him.
“I really feel like we play differently but when I may have what he has when it comes to his press, tackling after which the flip aspect he may drag the crew with him and develop into the primary one in his crew.
“Plus he’s a Scouser and made the crew his, issues like that. And that’s the opposite aspect of the sport that I need.”
