Liverpool head coach Arne Slot admitt he felt hurt for midfielder Curtis Jones, who was injury in Friday’s 1-0 pre-season win over Real Betis, as the homegrown player was deploy as a key player at the start of the new season.
Jones was hand a starting spot at the Accra Stadium but struggle after just half an hour as he was replace by Trey Nyoni.
However, Slots cannot rush to a conclusion on how serious the 23-year-old midfielder’s symptoms are. The medical team must make a diagnosis before making any further comments.
“I think it’s too early to tell how bad it is. He might be able to continue playing, but I think sometimes we see that he’s not 100 per cent,” he told Ufabet Sports.
“It’s a friendly, there are still a few days left between the pre-season tour, so it’s best to take it off first.”
“I hope he recovers from his injury as soon as possible – the team has to wait and monitor his condition. I hope he recovers quickly enough to see him in the next 1-2 games.”
“It’s always heartbreaking for players to leave a game after playing for 25 minutes or half an hour, when they could see that they were unable to move freely beforehand.”
“It’s a shame because he had a really good two weeks of training camp, สมัคร ufabet so I want to see how he would be when he play in the game, and then he got injury and left the field.”
“On the bright side, I saw the substitutes impress throughout the 45 minutes they spent on the pitch.”
“That’s Trey coming on for Curtis – but of course for Jones it’s a pain not to be able to continue.”
In the #6 midfield position in this team, besides Jones, Wataru Endo , Stefan Bajcetic , Tyler Morton or Dominik Soboszlai can also drop in to help out.