InterviewJarell Quansah outlines aims for 2024-25: 'I want to kick on and improve'
Jarell Quansah has outlined his plan to build on a brilliant breakthrough campaign in Liverpool's senior team.
The centre-half's emergence for the Reds in 2023-24 saw him make 33 appearances in all competitions and receive widespread recognition.
It culminated in being called up to the England squad for the first time as he joined part of their build-up to Euro 2024.
Quansah wanted to reflect on those personal achievements during his summer break – but instead found himself striving for ways to develop further.
He told Liverpoolfc.com: "I was waiting for the moment for it to click and stuff like that, but I don't think I'm going to get used to what happened last season. I'm always a person who wants to improve and kick on.
"I look at the positives and the negatives, and I just try to take it all in and try to improve for the next season really. That's what my reflecting sort of told me – it was just about how to kick on and how to be the best version of myself.
"It's more of the same and to just keep improving. Like I said before, try to be the best version of myself and just keep getting better and better on the training pitch and being a sponge and taking everything around me that I can."
Quansah is now in his second week of pre-season training and growing more accustomed to the demands of Arne Slot with each session.
The 21-year-old believes the playing style the new head coach is looking to implement is a perfect match for his attributes.
On adjusting to Slot's tactical ideas, Quansah continued: "To be fair, I've had to do that in the past few seasons. It's not too much different.
"You always have to impress and there's always different styles they have to implement and you have to get used to. It's just adapting to that really and trying to implement his game plan.
"It's good. I think a lot of my strengths can be shown in the system he likes to play. Obviously I like playing with the ball as well, so I think what the gaffer likes to do is a lot that I like. But there's still a lot to improve on."
A new era brings excitement for Quansah and his teammates as they continue to gear up for the start of the competitive action at Ipswich Town on August 17.
"There's so much to look forward to," the No.78 stated. "We had a great year last year and I think there's a lot of positives we can look back at.
"Moving to this season, although it's a new coach and a new style of play, I think it'll suit us and it's times to be excited for."
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