‘These young kids are going to save a lot of money’: Jamie Carragher backs Liverpool youngsters Curtis Jones and Neco Williams to break into the first team and prevent Jurgen Klopp from spending big on players in the summer
- Liverpool’s young stars have been backed to break into the first team next year
- Jamie Carragher picked Curtis Jones and Neco Williams as stand-out players
- Both were part of the young side that knocked Shrewsbury out of the FA Cup
Jamie Carragher believes Jurgen Klopp will avoid spending big in the transfer market and instead focus on integrating Liverpool’s young stars into the first team next season.
With such a tight schedule in a season where the club have juggled games in the Premier League, League Cup, FA Cup, Club World Cup, Super Cup and the Champions League, Klopp has turned to the club’s academy stars to ease rotation for his first team players.
For Carragher, two in particular, Neco Williams and Curtis Jones, who captained the young side that beat Shrewsbury in the FA Cup, are best placed to emerge into the first team group for 2020-21.
Curtis Jones has been tipped to break into Liverpool’s first team next season given his form
Neco Williams (middle) is another to have caught the eye when given the chance this term
‘We haven’t got great cover at full-back and when you consider Liverpool are the champions of Europe and how good they are, there should probably be another recognised player in those positions,’ Carragher told the Liverpool Echo.
‘But I do think Neco Williams, with the way he has played, you wouldn’t think about going into the market to buy anyone and you’ve got Ki-Jana Hoever there as well. These young kids now and what they have done are going to save a lot of money in the summer.
‘Curtis (Jones) has kicked on this year but that’s what young players do. When he plays in the younger team, it almost looks like he’s a first-team player dropping down to play with the younger players.’
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Jamie Carragher is convinced the form of the younger players will stop Klopp spending big