Fabrizio Romano drops double Liverpool contract and transfer news bombshell

“So, be careful with this situation, because several clubs are tracking Curtis Jones. There was interest from the Premier League in the January transfer window, there was interest from Inter Milan in Serie A in January, and Inter remain keen on the player.

“There could be movements around Curtis Jones and you could imagine an important midfielder like him out of contract in 2027 could be a really interesting option for several clubs.”

This potentially leaves Liverpool in an interesting position, given there aren’t exactly many in the way of obvious candidates up for sale this summer.

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Alexis Mac Allister has, admittedly, been at the centre of a number of rumours amid his downturn in form.

Liverpool to commit to sell-to-buy policy?

We appreciate that Liverpool can’t necessarily go out and spend hundreds and millions of pounds again without consequence.

However, we just don’t see the sense in selling a player in Jones who clearly still has a lot to offer this side.

Not to get overly sentimental about it either, but we’re talking about parting ways with yet another Scouse academy graduate.

It’s an unnecessary erosion of the soul of the side, in our opinion, even if we do appreciate that the football club has to make uncomfortable decisions at times in the interest of getting us back to the top of the table.

Yet, Arne Slot has all but confirmed that such decisions will need to be considered: “We have to sell to buy. We are losing some players on a free transfer. It is a big challenge in the summer but the club has shown this model works.

“As I said many times the future looks very good, especially if we can sign players after good players leaving this summer.”

If you’re sacrificing a versatile, hard-working, talented member of the side – you better be getting it absolutely spot-on with your incomings this summer.