Liverpool transfer news as Curtis Jones is reportedly eyed by a Premier League rival.
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Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones has attracted interest from Tottenham Hotspur, reports suggest.
According to The Times, the Reds homegrown midfielder has been on the radar of the London outfit previously.
Jones has made a total of 206 appearances for Liverpool, recording 19 goals and 20 assists. Since his first-team breakthrough, he’s helped his boyhood club claim six major trophies, including two Premier League titles.
Last term, Jones played 33 times as Arne Slot guided the Reds to the top-flight crown in his maiden campaign. He was often used as a substitute, though, with Slot preferring the trio of Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai.
This campaign, Jones has featured more prominently, starting seven of Liverpool’s past eight league games. But he is still not a cast-iron player who is guaranteed to feature week in, week out.
The six-cap England international is out of contract at Anfield in 2027. And it is reported by The Times that Premier League rivals Tottenham have been keen on Jones in the past and could feel it’s time to become ‘more of a guaranteed starter’ elsewhere.
Jones’ ambitions
The 24-year-old has been with Liverpool since he was a child and previously revealed that he wants to emulate Kop legend Steven Gerrard by becoming a future Anfield captain.
“I think that the biggest thing is that I still have to have the humble way about myself and I don’t want to say, ‘Yeah, na, I’m gonna be captain’ or anything like that,” said Jones to Sky Sports. “But I want to be captain of the team. I want to stay here for all my life like the man who I look up to, as everybody knows is Gerrard.
“If I could follow him, I mean that would be great. I would never complain. I would always have a smile on my face, especially because of who he is in the city and stuff but then how he’s obviously seen in the footballing world.
“If you go and speak with like legends who obviously played the game and [ask] who they wish that they played with or anything like that, they always seem to say him. And then players who have obviously played with him and how he was on the training pitch and all things like that, I want to be seen the same way.”
Slot on Jones
Speaking on Jones’ recent form, Slot said last month: “One of the main qualities he has is that he always wants to have the ball no matter the situation, 99 times out of 100 that is very positive.
“Sometimes it is smarter to stay away or not go to a difficult situation but if he had one in the corner he is able to bring himself out of the situation and play the ball. The most positive thing for him is that he is able to stay fit for four or five games in a row now, 90 minutes every time.”