After his first game at Southampton, which saw the Saints lose 3-1 to Liverpool at Anfield, Jones made a bold statement, saying that “Every striker I’ve worked with has scored goals at whatever level.”
The 49-year-old further added “When I worked at Brighton I did the same and strikers got moves. The ones I had at Luton have all scored goals and have either gone on to different stuff or are still there scoring goals. I want us to be a real fluent attacking side. I want us to be an aggressive side and I want to score goals and Che is going to be key to that. I know I can make him better”
Since this match, Southampton have managed just five league goals, with Alcaraz scoring at the weekend in their defeat to Wolves, while midfielder James Ward-Prowse has netted four times. Meanwhile, Che Adams hasn’t scored a Premier League goal since Jones’ comments.