Liverpool fans split over Curtis Jones as theory about post-Wrexham strop put forward
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Curtis Jones probably did not expect to still be a Liverpool player by the time July turned to August this summer.However, despite heavy flirtations with Inter Milan, who have made some derisory offers to Liverpool for Jones, the Scouser remains a Red, in contractual terms at least.In regard to where his head is at, Jones unfortunately looks like he has checked out of Liverpool. Photo Credit: Getty Images/Sarah Stier/FIFA When Rousing The Kop put it to supporters on Facebook that the incident signalled the right time for Jones to leave the club, the responses put forward an explanation for his behaviour in New York, with some coming out in defence of the Liverpool academy graduate, while others were not happy with his reaction.Jones wanted the captain’s armband against WrexhamAnother angle of Jones’ fury later emerged, showing Kostas Tsimikas taking off the captain’s armband, passed to him by Szoboszlai following his substitution, and throwing it on the ground in front of the No.
17.This has led to speculation that Jones was angry at not being given the armband when Szoboszlai was taken off, with supporters split over his reaction.“If it’s for the armband, it tells you how much the club means to him,” said one supporter.Photo by Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty ImagesREAD MORE: Jamie Carragher is right about the most confusing aspect of Liverpool’s transfer strategy this summer“Have my grievances with Jones, but the armband going to Timi before him was a joke,” someone else agreed.“The only wrong I can see is him doing it in front of the cameras, just like a certain other player did,” another fan added. “Just keep it in house, in the dressing room.”Others were less willing to cut Jones any slack, though, with some suggesting that the fact he was seemingly so angry about not being handed the temporary captaincy showed why he should not get it in the first place.“If it was just the armband, it’s foolish,” one fan said.
Photo Credit: Getty Images/Liverpool FC “Jones hasn’t improved since that goal he scored in the cup against the little Ev,” was one more view. In one sense, perhaps Jones’ behaviour could be seen as an attempt to put pressure on Liverpool to let him out for a lower fee.