Curtis Jones has revealed Jurgen Klopp is still in contact with the Liverpool first-team squad - despite the Reds flying high at the top of the Premier League under Arne Slot.

Liverpool beat Leicester 3-1 to move seven points clear at the top of the table, in a season where they are also in the Carabao Cup semi-finals and also top of the Champions League.

Jones, who scored on his 100th Liverpool game on Boxing Day, revealed he received a text from Klopp on the day of the game - and admitted it is a regular occurrence among the Reds squad.

“100, on to the next 500. Congratulations my friend (and a picture of his little granddaughter),” said Jones to LFCTV about the text Klopp sent him.

“He's been texting me loads since he has been gone. He is texting me all the time. That's what he is like with all the lads.

“He is the man who made me from a kid to a man. There was always talks around me, 'is he good enough. He is always injured.'

“There is a reason why I am here now still. That's because of him and the belief he had in me.

“He is still in touch with the whole team. He is a great man he is loved of us. He set up the foundation for the team that we've got. Slot is just carrying it on.”