Curtis Jones set for Liverpool return as Jurgen Klopp handed Mohamed Salah dilemma
Curtis Jones could return to Liverpool's starting XI for Thursday's Europa League encounter against Toulouse.
Jones has been unavailable for selection for the Reds' last two Premier League outings after being sent off in the 2-1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur last month. The midfielder was initially shown a yellow card by referee Simon Hooper for a challenge on Yves Bissouma but that was later upgraded to a red after Hooper consulted the VAR.
After Liverpool's appeal to the Football Association was rejected and his three-match ban subsequently upheld, Jones has been made to watch his side's games against Brighton & Hove Albion and Everton from the sidelines.
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However, as his ban does not appeal to UEFA competitions, the 22-year-old could return to the starting XI for Liverpool's third Group E fixture of their Europa League campaign, in place of Ryan Gravenberch.
Gravenberch, a deadline-day signing from German champions Bayern Munich, was handed his first Premier League start of the season against Everton on Saturday afternoon and impressed while lining up alongside fellow summer signings Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister.
Victory against the Ligue 1 outfit at Anfield on Thursday will edge Liverpool towards securing qualification to the knockout phase, with the Reds knowing all three points in the return fixture in France next month will secure progression to the round of 32 at the very least.
Expected to join Jones in the engine room on Thursday night will be Wataru Endo, who is still getting to grips with the demands of
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