Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson admits he's excited by the progress of Jonjo Shelvey this season.
Hodgson has urged Shelvey to use his more senior team-mates as an example to follow.
"I haven't thought when Jonjo Shelvey plays a good game that it lifts him above Raul Meireles, Lucas Leiva or Christian Poulsen because they are good players too," said Hodgson.
"What is good to see is that a young player we have invested money in is proving to be worth his money and is proving to be the future prospect we think he is.
"He is a confident young man but he's modest and he knows there is a lot of work to be done before he can hold his hand up and say 'Look at me, what a good Premier League player I am'.
"In players like Steven Gerrard, in particular, and also Poulsen, Meireles and Lucas he has people he can look at and say 'That's the benchmark'."
