Tempers flared between Curtis Jones and Dominik Szoboszlai following Liverpool’s newest pre-season pleasant.
The Reds clinched a 1-0 win over Wrexham as a part of their USA tour on Wednesday night time.
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Andoni Iraola’s facet noticed off their Championship opponents at Yankee Stadium in New York Metropolis because of Rio Ngumoha’s deflected second-half strike.
Nevertheless, their victory has been considerably overshadowed by an obvious row involving Jones and Szoboszlai.
Teammates conflict
New footage has since emerged of the pair clashing on the pitch at full time.
Their back-and-forth change finally got here to an finish after teammates and training workers stepped in.
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The video, which was filmed from the group at Yankee Stadium, exhibits an animated change between the pair.
After Jones had embraced Iraola, he could possibly be seen buying and selling phrases with Szoboszlai as he walked previous his teammate.
Visibly agitated by Jones’ response, the Hungary worldwide turned again to proceed their back-and-forth.
The tense change continued for round two minutes with each gamers waving their arms and pointing throughout the pitch.
They even pointed their fingers into every others’ chests as tempers threatened to boil over.
Fellow Liverpool stars Kostas Tsimikas and Jeremie Frimpong finally approached to aim to chill the pair down.
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Though Jones was initially guided away by Frimpong, he continued to gesticulate earlier than strolling again in the direction of Szoboszlai.
A member of the Liverpool teaching group then stepped in to talk to Szoboszlai.
Jones had been a second half substitute for Liverpool towards Wrexham, having been launched at half-time.
In the meantime, Szoboszlai began as captain, enjoying a complete of 76 minutes earlier than changed, with 30 of these alongside Jones.
The pair have additionally made 97 aggressive appearances alongside one another for the Reds since Szoboszlai joined the membership in 2023.
Liverpool will face Leeds United in Chicago on Sunday within the closing match of their pre-season tour of the USA.
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They’re then scheduled to tackle each Monaco and Como at Anfield previous to the beginning of the brand new Premier League season.
Jones’ future
The incident comes amid hypothesis surrounding Jones’ Liverpool future.
He has been the topic of rising curiosity all through the summer season, particularly from Italian giants Inter Milan.
The Serie A champions have seen two approaches rejected for the reason that finish of final season.
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Liverpool is not going to enable Jones to depart the membership until their £34million valuation is met, talkSPORT understands.
Jones has entered the ultimate 12 months of his present contract, which expires subsequent summer season.
