Quansah deserves England call, great mentality - Slot - video Dailymotion

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Liverpool boss Arne Slot on Jarell Quansah being called up to Thomas Tuchel’s first England squad ahead of the EFL Cup final against Newcastle United Melwood, Liverpool, UK

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00:00Jerelle's had a little bit of an up-and-down season,

00:05but when he's come on for you and done a job at right-back,

00:08he seems to adapt to you quite well.

00:11Now he's got an England call-up, what does that say about his attitude and the way he's applied himself?

00:18It says a lot about his mentality, so last season I think everybody saw what a talent he is.

00:26The season started with him starting, and I changed him, as we all know,

00:30against Ipswich, and Ibu and Virgil were and are such a strong combination

00:35that he didn't play a lot, but every time he had to play,

00:38except maybe for the first one or two games,

00:40but afterwards every time he had to play everybody could see that maybe he's no longer a talent,

00:45because as a talent you don't have any setbacks,

00:47but the moment you get setbacks it's about you and how you react.

00:50I think he showed in his recent performances that he outgrew being called a talent,

00:57and that's probably what Thomas Tuchel saw and sees as well,

01:01by calling him up, by giving him a call-up, I think that's better to say.

01:06And he did really well the last few times he had to play for us,

01:10and even on a position he's not completely used to as a right-back,

01:15but in my opinion he also has the qualities to play in that position.

01:19He's strong, he's fast, he's very comfortable with the ball,

01:23and it gives us an extra quality if we play him, which we saw in terms of set-pieces,

01:29because he was the one that was this far away from us qualifying for the next round

01:33by having the ball on the post, because that one was not offside.

01:37So, yeah, he showed mentality and that he had quality,

01:41that's already what we knew when we saw him playing last season.

Quansah deserves England call, great mentality - Slot

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