Staying to do more training doesn't automatically mean he's better than others in that position. He needs to start scoring or he may find himself on the outside looking in.
Which is likely why he stayed behind to do more training.
Revealed: details of Liverpool FC youngster Jordon Ibe's extra training - with Kenny Dalglish
18:08, 10 June 2015
By Andy Kelly
Young Reds star gives up holidays to improve his game with King Kenny
The Liverpool FC generations crossed at the club’s Kirkby Academy after the 19-year-old – who should currently be on holiday – asked the club’s Academy director Alex Inglethorpe to help arrange some extra sessions to work on his finishing.
One chance conversation between Dalglish and Inglethorpe later led to the extra training session as Dalglish got straight off a plane today to help out the promising young winger.
Inglethorpe told the ECHO: “Kenny Dalglish came in this morning and worked with Jordon Ibe and myself on a little bit of finishing. Kenny literally just got off a plane and came straight here.
“This is driven by Jordon. He’s the one who wanted to come in and do a bit more. He’s the one who wanted to work on a few things.
“It’s incredible really. By chance I was just speaking to Kenny about something else. He landed at the airport at 10am and he was in here at 10.30am with his kit on and the boots on.
“He was working with Jordon, passing some fantastic pieces of advice as you’d expect. There were four or five of the U16s as well. What a day for an U16 – working with Kenny Dalglish, Jordon Ibe, on a beautiful sunny day, doing some good work.”
Jordon Ibe of Liverpool poses for a photograph after signing a new contract extensionon May 21, 2015 (Photo by Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
Jordon Ibe of Liverpool poses for a photograph after signing a new contract extensionon May 21, 2015 (Photo by Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)
It was a breakthrough year for Ibe in the Liverpool first team after being recalled from a productive spell on loan at Derby. His 14 appearances would have been many more except for a knee injury against Besiktas which broke his momentum.
But Inglethorpe said the player himself – who recently signed a new long-term deal at Anfield – knows there is still lots of improvement to find.
“He’s looking to add to his game for sure, it’s very much driven by him, he’s turned up the last three or four days and I’d anticipate we’ll work again. He’s actually on his holidays but he wants to improve and get a bit better.
“He’s a really good lad and I think he recognises this is the beginning of his journey and he’s far from being complete. He’s still got a lot to do and a lot to work on, and it’s nice to know he sees that himself.
“It’s great to have a player who drives his own development.”
I think he has great potential but if people like Lallana and Markovic score more than him then they should start more. We can't get sentimental.
Don't disagree...but likewise, if Jordan plays better than those two, he should get playing time.
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