Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has heaped praise on a Liverpool player who he was instantly impressed by after seeing him in training.

The midfielder joined the Reds from Arsenal in 2017 before eventually departing for Besiktas in 2023.

Oxlade-Chamberlain featured alongside many Liverpool icons who were crucial to their first Premier League title victory in 2020.

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Jordan Henderson, Sadio Mane, and Mohamed Salah were all at Anfield during his spell, but the Englishman has now admitted he was left impressed by another player while honing his craft on Merseyside.

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Speaking to Ben Foster on the Fozcast this week, Oxlade-Chamberlain spoke about how Curtis Jones left an instant impression with the confidence he showed when promoted to the senior side.

He said: “And I think the last example I can remember that did it really well was Curtis Jones. When he first came into the Liverpool team, we all knew what Curt was like with the young boys. He’s confident, he’s sort of the leader of the group.

“But then when he came in with the first team with Jordan Henderson, James Milner, he still had that about him. And when we trained, he...