Liverpool has new reason for contract agreement after Arne Slot's Trent Alexander-Arnold comparison
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Liverpool has a few contract situations to sort out this summer, but Arne Slot and Richard Hughes should be looking to tie Curtis Jones down for the peak of his careerCurtis Jones was central to the Liverpool celebrations after the Reds beat Everton at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.(Image: Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images)When the summer comes, Liverpool will have work to do on transfers, but it will also need to make progress on keeping some of the stars that Arne Slot already has at his disposal — like Curtis Jones.In January, there was interest from Tottenham and Inter Milan in the Scouse midfielder, and given that Jones is set to enter the final year of his contract, it would be fair to say that a decision one way or another on his future is coming sooner rather than later.Liverpool had zero interest in weakening its roster any further during the winter, but the fact that there were inquiries should be no surprise. Jones, Slot has admitted a few times, hasn't played as much as he either would like or he deserves.READ MORE: Egypt national team chief reveals how long Mohamed Salah will be out forREAD MORE: Liverpool owners FSG brutally fire manager and five coaches at their other underperforming teamIn specific games, there is an argument that having Jones playing at right-back, where he has been deployed of late, is not the worst idea.
He gave us that in the Everton game and that helped us."Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall of Everton is challenged by Curtis Jones of Liverpool during the Premier League match at Hill Dickinson Stadium on April 19, 2026(Image: Gareth Copley/Getty Images)In matches against Everton and then Crystal Palace, while there are obvious defensive weaknesses, Jones did well. He was Liverpool's best player in the Merseyside derby and kept his place at full-back a week later ahead of Jeremie Frimpong.Conor Bradley is working his way back from a long-term injury and it remains to be seen how quickly he will get back up to speed again, while there is an argument that Frimpong is better suited to being a winger than a defender.Joe Gomez — primarily a center-back — is about to move into the final 12 months of his contract, and though he is more than capable of playing full-back, his fitness is never something to be banked on.Jones, as a result, could have a genuine route to more minutes at right-back in the future.
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