Liverpool: Why Curtis Jones missed Monaco friendly as surprise summer transfer is 'confirmed'

Jones has been a feature for Liverpool throughout pre-season, playing in all three friendlies against Sunderland, Wrexham and Leeds United in the United States.However, for the Reds’ first home game of the summer, the midfielder was a surprise absentee from the matchday squad against the Ligue 1 side.Speaking after his side’s 3-2 loss at Anfield, Iraola confirmed why Jones missed out.He said: “Curtis, he has trained every day but yesterday finished with issues in the hip.“It doesn’t look anything big but it didn’t make any sense to risk and those are the ones, more or less, closer to a return.”Absent: Curtis JonesGettyLiverpool raced into a two-goal lead at Anfield thanks to goals from Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz before the half hour mark.But for the second pre-season friendly in succ