Liverpool midfielder takes huge strides towards signing new contract deal

Liverpool fans are purring this weekend over the performance of Curtis Jones in the FA Cup fifth-round tie against Wolves.

The Reds won 3-1 on the night with Jones clocking in a near faultless display.

The 25-year-old midfielder scored one, assisted another and did not give the ball away once - completing 51 passes of 51 at Molineux on Friday night. In doing so Jones served a reminder to Arne Slot - and sporting director Richard Hughes - of his qualities.

Liverpool considered Jones sale

In January it looked likely that the Premier League champions would do a deal for Jones to move to either Tottenham or Inter.

No move was concluded - with the Reds letting journalists know that they weren’t interested in weakening the squad midway through the season.

That may well have been true but there remains a decision to be made over England international Jones.

A two-time Premier League winner Jones is nonetheless out of contract in summer 2027. No new agreement has yet been reached between Jones’ entourage and the club over a new contract.

And if there is no intention of a new deal being signed then we can expect the playmaker to be moved on this summer.

Jones needs consistency

There is no questioning Jones’ quality - but Slot will be asking himself if we’ve seen enough of it on a regular basis. He has a tendency to mix in ordinary displays with ones like he put in against Wolves.

Against Nottingham Forest a couple of weeks ago Jones exemplified why Liverpool might well be considering an exit. He was sloppy on the ball - ponderous even - and nowhere near the levels he got to on Friday night.

Jones therefore is running out of chances to convince Slot and Hughes he is worth a new contract - particularly on terms suited to a two-time title-winning England international.

Jones running out of time to convince Hughes

If Liverpool don’t see more of what he produced against Wolves on a regular basis between now and the end of the season then they will probably consider offers.

That’s the challenge now for the Scouser in Liverpool’s team; be at his best until the end of the campaign and make sure he makes it very difficult for the club to get rid.

What he did against Wolves on Friday was an important step in the right direction.

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