Curtis Jones has insisted he wasn’t criticizing Jurgen Klopp when he suggested he preferred playing under Arne Slot at Liverpool earlier in the season.

The midfielder raised some eyebrows with his comments during pre-season, when - just weeks into Slot’s reign as the Reds’ head coach - he told reporters he was “probably the happiest I’ve been” at the club.

"It's always been a hard time, coming around the team as a young lad and I always had a certain way of playing but I had to adapt and change,” Jones said last summer.



Although the 24-year-old went on to try and clarify his comments, he would end up doubling down on them a few months later when he insisted Slot’s style of play suited him more.

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Now, in an interview with The Athletic, Jones addressed his comments once again, and insisted he never meant to throw any shade at his former boss.

“It definitely wasn’t a dig at Jurgen,” Jones said.

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Jones has already matched his best season at Liverpool in terms of appearances in the current campaign with 10 games still go, including tomorrow’s Carabao Cup final against Newcastle at Wembley
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