Liverpool midfielder Tyler Morton has admitted it has been the “hardest” season of his profession up to now after damage points, however praised Arne Slot.
The 22-year-old would have been hoping to kick on in 2024/25, having stayed at Anfield somewhat than head out on mortgage once more.
As an alternative, Morton was restricted to solely 5 appearances in all competitions, none of which got here within the Premier League, with a shoulder downside requiring surgical procedure and holding him sidelined from February.
Chatting with media together with Hayters TVthe Englishman opened up a few taxing marketing campaign for him, admitting how a lot it harm to overlook a lot soccer.
“I believe it’s been the hardest season mentally for me,” Morton stated.
“I’ve coped with it very nicely as a result of I’ve bought good folks round me, nevertheless it’s been very robust. I believe I’ve coped with it in addition to I presumably may.
“I believe once you’re not enjoying as a footballer who’s as hungry as I’m, it does harm.
“It’s robust, particularly when, in my view, I needed to exit and I needed to play and I needed to go on mortgage and get my recreation time.
“However having chatted with the supervisor, having to remain, it may have labored out rather a lot worse than it did. It in all probability may have labored out rather a lot higher than it did.”
Slot’s teaching “unbelievable”
Morton has additionally mirrored on optimistic elements of a title-winning season, nonetheless, not least the affect that Slot has had on his recreation.
“He’s an excellent supervisor together with his tactical aspect of the sport, the very best I’ve in all probability seen,” he added.
“To be trustworthy, tactics-wise, he’s so on it and it’s unbelievable.
“He’s requested me simply to be myself and to play the way in which he likes to play together with his groups, and I believe I’ve achieved that after I’ve performed, so it’s been an excellent season.”
Morton has an enormous resolution to make this summer time, contemplating there’s world-class competitors for locations in Liverpool’s midfield.
He turns 23 later this 12 months, so now may very well be the precise time to discover a new everlasting membership, somewhat than exit on mortgage for a 3rd time.
The brutal actuality is that it’s laborious to see how Morton will turn out to be a fixture in Liverpool’s squad, regardless of his technical capacity and intelligence.
He can construct an excellent profession for himself elsewhere, both at a lower-ranked Premier League crew or within the Championship.
