Liverpool star looks destined to leave this month after Como Anfield win

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One Liverpool player looks increasingly likely to leave before the September 1 transfer deadline. 19:33, Sun, Aug 16, 2026 Updated: 20:06, Sun, Aug 16, 2026 Liverpool beat Como 2-0 at Anfield on Sunday evening (Image: Getty)Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones looks increasingly likely to leave this month after missing the double header against Como.

But academy graduate Jones was absent, as he was for the first match at the AXA Training Centre. Jones has been at Liverpool since the age of nine and is a boyhood supporter of the club.Asked about his future last month, Reds boss Andoni Iraola made it clear he would prefer him to stay.

For me he is a great, great player, and I hope he can continue with us and continue performing the way he has been performing.Curtis Jones did not feature for Liverpool in either game against Como (Image: Getty)"It's very important that he's Scouse, that he's from here. From the outside, at least, he looks like a player with good character, and I hope we can keep him, not only for this year but for more time."Jones, who made his Liverpool debut back in January 2019, was at the centre of a heated row in pre-season with team-mates Dominik Szoboszlai and Kostas Tsimikas after a win over Wrexham in the United States.Tsimikas was handed the captain's armband instead of Jones when Szoboszlai went off, which left the local man irate.Szoboszlai later clarified: "We just discussed something on the pitch.