Source: Telegraph
Joining Liverpool would be my pinnacle, says Sunderland's Kenwyne Jones
Jones was linked with a move to Anfield last month and although he remains committed to the Sunderland cause the speculation has pricked his interest in swapping Wearside for Merseyside. [LNB]"If one of the world's big clubs comes in for you it's understandable a player might have the desire to go to that next level," said the Trinidad & Tobago international. [LNB]"Until you sign a contract with a new club it's all just talk. January was a crazy time and now I have to focus on the games ahead. [LNB]"The manager spoke to me. The reassuring speech came out to let me know the club still wanted me. That is always nice to hear. [LNB]"But sometimes a big situation like the transfer story can make it hard for the manager to say anything. But as far as I am concerned, we are all needed." [LNB]Liverpool are understood to have mooted a loan deal for Jones during the January transfer window, a suggestion that drew an angry response from Sunderland manager Steve Bruce and left the former Southampton player feeling uneasy. [LNB]"I didn't have any part to play in that whole situation," Jones said ahead of struggling Sunderland's visit to Premier League title hopefuls Arsenal on Saturday. [LNB]"There were stories going back and forth that were disturbing â€' there is no possible way that you can avoid reading anything in the papers but you try and lock yourself away from it as much as possible. [LNB]"If you noticed during all of this stuff I never came out and gave any indication that I wanted to leave, that I was unhappy or anything like that. [LNB]"For me, that assumption is a bit far-fetched. There was a lot of stuff being said by whoever and you can't stop that. [LNB]"All I can do to prove I am committed to Sunderland by showing it in games - and hopefully people can then see it with their own eyes now." [LNB]Jones, 25, also paid tribute to the club's supporters who have warmed to the player recently following a series of impressive performances. [LNB]"It's nice to hear the fans signing my name in the last two or three games but I think they have been doing it most of the season," Jones said. [LNB]"It's great to know that they recognise that when I wear a Sunderland shirt I give it 100 per cent. [LNB]"I don't think the fans had any reason to believe that I was behind these rumours, or that I wanted to leave." [LNB]
