Liverpool midfielder Tyler Morton admits he takes inspiration from Reds legend Steven Gerrard.
Morton has impressed this season on-loan with Hull City.
He told the Liverpool Echo, “I just love being versatile. That’s what I’ve always said: I want to be a versatile midfielder,” adds the midfielder. “You see the best midfielders in the world, the likes of Jude Bellingham. If you want him to play ‘six’, he’ll play ‘six’. If you want him to play ’10’, he’ll score you goals. That’s the type of player I want to be.
“I want to be someone who’s trusted in many positions for different reasons and I feel like that’s the direction I’m heading. I feel like in the ”six’ I control the game, I feel like in the ’10’ I can create and that’s what I’m doing at the moment. I’ve been given that freedom to really get in the box and show that side to my other game that I didn’t really show last season as much as I wanted to, but this season I’m getting more freedom to go ahead because the coaching staff are top quality and they can see it in me that I can get forward, I can score, create. I’m so grateful to them for the help they have given me and the trust they have given me to explore that side of my game, which I always had when I was a kid.
“That’s what I’ve always wanted to be. Every lad that’s from near Liverpool wants to be Steven Gerrard, don’t they? I’d love to be that type of player, the box-to-box, doing both sides of the game.”
He continued: “If I was a tenth of what Steven Gerrard was I’d be absolutely buzzing. He was incredible, wasn’t he? He was not only all that football [skill] but he was a leader as well. I’d love to be that type of footballer. That’s what I aspire to be: a leader on and off the pitch.
“That’s what I need to get in my game and push myself to be, and I feel like I could be if I really put my mind to it, a leader on the pitch. You’ve got to grow a personality and really push yourself and be that type of player, but definitely, I think everyone aspires to be that type of player; the all-round midfielder. But I’d never compare myself to Steven Gerrard.”
