With Curtis Jones solely capable of play half an hour earlier than limping off in Liverpool’s 1-0 pre-season win over Actual Betis, Arne Slot has offered an replace on his health.
Jones joined Slot for pre-match media duties forward of the pleasant in Pittsburgh and was anticipated to play a key function because the Reds took on Betis.
However after an uncomfortable begin to the sport, the midfielder was withdrawn throughout a drinks break because the half-hour mark ticked by.
Teenager Trey Nyoni took Jones’ place and dazzled, however there are issues over the health of Liverpool’s No. 17 – with Slot as but not sure of the extent of his harm.
Requested if Jones’ substitution got here as a precaution, he mentioned: “I believe that’s too early to inform, he possibly might have performed on, however I believe you would see that he was not 100%.
“Then in a pleasant sport, with so many days arising in our tour as nicely, it’s greatest to take him off.
“Hopefully he can get well actually quick, however we have now to attend and see. However we hope he recovers actually quick, so we will see him within the subsequent few video games.”
Slot continued: “It’s at all times a pity if he has to exit after half an hour, and earlier than that you would see that he was not utterly free.
“It was unlucky, as a result of he had two actually good weeks throughout coaching classes, so I seemed ahead to seeing him within the sport.
“However sadly, he needed to exit.
“The benefit of that was that we introduced somebody that impressed me within the 45 minutes to an hour he performed afterwards, so yeah, that was the optimistic factor of Curtis going out, for Trey.
“However in fact, for Curtis, it’s a pity that he couldn’t play on.”
17-year-old Trey Nyoni impresses
As Slot talked about, the efficiency of Nyoni as Jones’ alternative was one of many key highlights of Liverpool’s evening in Pittsburgh.
The 17-year-old, a youth signing from Leicester this time final yr, had already made nice strides underneath Jurgen Klopp and the membership’s academy employees, however appears poised for extra involvement this time round.
Slot was filled with reward for {the teenager}, but in addition confused that he wants time to develop bodily and develop his sport.
“I believe he did very well right this moment, but it surely was solely an hour,” Slot assessed.
“He did nicely, he was one of many the reason why we scored the purpose, as a result of he turned actually shortly and [played a] spot on move between the strains, and he was additionally concerned within the largest likelihood of the second half.
“So he did nicely, however he simply turned 17, his physique has to develop – and we’re actually cautious with him, so he doesn’t be a part of each session, and typically he goes out a bit earlier.
“You may see his high quality, however you can even see his physique nonetheless wants a while to develop to play a Premier League stage. However he confirmed some attention-grabbing issues right this moment.”
