Report: Liverpool begin contract talks with Brad Jones

Liverpool have opened talks with Brad Jones about extending his stay at Anfield, according to reports.

Jones has spent almost five years at the club as an understudy to Pepe Reina and then Simon Mignolet, but he was briefly the first-choice goalkeeper earlier this season before injury kept him out of the side.

The Australia was expected to leave when his current deal expires at the end of the season, but the Liverpool Echo claims that Brendan Rodgers is eager to keep him at the club, and the two parties are in discussions about a contract extension.

Mignolet's return to form in recent months means that Liverpool could abandon their plans to sign a goalkeeper in the summer, and their transfer plans could hinge on whether Jones decides to stay at the club.