The defender has always shown his ability but has been unable to maintain consistency due to injuries.
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Liverpool have made a positive start to the new Premier League season on all fronts. The English side have put behind the disappointments of the last campaign and have added consistency to their game. The Reds had a season to forget last time around, as they failed to finish in the top four places. However, Liverpool have started the new season on a positive note in the Premier League and Europa League.
Experienced centre-back Joe Gomez has been at the heart of many good things Liverpool have done so far this campaign. The defender has always shown his ability but has been unable to maintain consistency due to injuries. With the player now fit and available, he has set targets for the future. Speaking to the On the Judy podcast, Gomez said of his objectives, “To just be the best version of myself.”
He was quoted as saying on the club’s website: “I want to have consistency and durability, play a solid season and enjoy my football more than anything. I obviously have a different outlook on it because of the injuries [in the past]. But just be the best version of myself and see where that takes me. Control the controllables because sometimes opportunity comes, sometimes it doesn’t. If I can look back and say that I did everything I could to be the best version of me, where that takes me is what it is. I’m grateful to be at the club that I’m at but, at the same time, have that balance of the hunger to want to keep striving, for sure.”
Liverpool have enjoyed great success under Jurgen Klopp’s management. Gomez has been part of that side right from the start. “I think he knows that there’s gratitude, massively so. From the whole team and then on a personal note he knows, going through the injuries and him having the faith to see that I can rebuild myself and be a player that wants to play for him and impact the team, that’s forever. It’s probably something that I’ll look back on after as well. I’m lucky to have had a gaffer like him for this period of time, I know it’s not something to take for granted,” he stated.
The centre-back then went on to reveal that he has a close understanding with his defensive partner Virgil van Dijk. “Aside from the football, he’s just a good person. Gini [Wijnaldum] was the [introduction], because they were both Dutch and I was close with Gini as well so it was just naturally formed. We’d speak, the three of us, meet up and stuff. Then when Gini left we just grew closer. Good guy. And obviously I’ve learned a lot from him, off the pitch and as people. It’s nice to have someone like that you can lean upon,” he stated.
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