“I know I’m an Arsenal Legend but to be honest, I’ll choose this Liverpool player over our Arsenal player”- Arsenal Legend Tony Adams admits he would rather choose ‘special’ Liverpool youngster over £65M rated Arsenal’s generational talent- Not Saka, Not Martinelli and not Saliba

TONY ADAMS ADMITS HE’D CHOOSE ‘SPECIAL’ LIVERPOOL YOUNGSTER OVER £65M ARSENAL MAN

Arsenal’s Kai Havertz has endured a difficult start to the season and former Premier League midfielder Craig Burley admits he’d chose Liverpool academy graduate Curtis Jones over the £65 million Germany international. 

Well, that so-called purple patch didn’t last long, did it?

Kai Havertz appeared to turn a corner before Christmas – scoring four goals in seven games – but his performances in recent weeks suggest this was little more than another false dawn for a player who has endured his fair share of those since touching down in England with Chelsea three-and-a-half years ago.

Havertz was ineffective during The Gunners’ 2-1 defeat to Fulham last time out – his display a rather effective audition for any Invisible Man sequel – and Adams believes that a man who set Arsenal and Chelsea back a combined £140 million is not even fit to lace the boots of a Liverpool squad player.

Kai Havertz flatters to deceive at Arsenal 

“We know Kai Havertz has been a big talking point. (Considering he cost) £65 million, why wouldn’t he be?,” Tony Adams, tells ESPN.

“I’d have Curtis Jones ahead of him. 

“(Not just) because he got a goal (during Monday’s 4-2 victory over Newcastle United), but because he makes things happen in the middle of the park. He gets on the ball, he drives forward, and he’s a homegrown player.” 

Jones, after a difficult season in 2022/23, is now reminding everybody why he was rated so very highly when breaking into the Liverpool first team three years ago. The Merseyside-born 22-year-old was outstanding in the Carabao Cup thrashing of West Ham – scoring two brilliantly-taken goals – and is currently outperforming another big-money acquisition in £60 million Liverpool teammate Dominik Szoboszlai

Curtis Jones in ‘special’ form for Liverpool

“Special game. Special game from Curtis, to be honest,” Jurgen Klopp said after Liverpool added to Eddie Howe’s post-Christmas blues earlier this week. 

“”We all know how good a player Curtis is. He is technically incredibly skilled. But he finds more and more direction in his dribbling, he gets better out of situations, and his pressing and counter-pressing… he sets the level actually, how it should look. 

“Really happy with that.”