Liverpool are about to enter what will likely be a summer of uncertainty and overhaul, with club legends Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson having already confirmed departures and plenty of speculation around a slew of others including Alisson Becker, Ibrahima Konaté, Alexis Mac Allister, and Curtis Jones.
Following a disastrous 2025-26 that has seen many of the gains of the Jürgen Klopp era lost and a poorly constructed squad struggle to keep up with the rest of the league tactically and physically
under the guidance of embattled manager Arne Slot and sporting director Richard Hughes, fans are being asked to trust those in charge have learned enough in two years on the job overseeing Liverpool’s decline to now get things right.
Even if Slot and Hughes are, despite the evidence of the past 18 or so months, the right men for their jobs, significant change is coming. And on the Curtis Jones front, news this week from The Times’ Paul Joyce suggests the club have set a £35M valuation on Jones. The Scouse midfielder has a year left on his contract.
Meanwhile, reports out of Italy confirm that Inter Milan remain interested after making a move for Jones in January—a move Jones is said to have signed off on at the time only for Liverpool to block his early departure as they did with Andy Robertson’s proposed January transfer to Tottenham. When loyal long-serving stars and homegrown talent wants out mid-season, it’s never a good sign.
That, though, is where we find ourselves. A title-calibre Liverpool squad that was gifted to Slot and Hughes two years ago, and that everyone agreed was primed for long-term success heading into last summer and should have only needed tweaks moving forward, now suddenly appears a squad in need of a complete rebuild.
And we’re being asked to trust the people who brought us to this point over the past two years now to fix it. Whatever happens next with Jones, the situation is unfortunate. Liverpool shouldn’t be allowing contracts to run down and losing useful homegrown, local talent. And Liverpool should never be a job, for a head coach or sporting director, where it is acceptable to learn how to do it on the fly.
