Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones has cleared up his comparison of teammate Mohamed Salah and former Premier League star Eden Hazard.

A Liverpool star has caused a stir on social media with his opinion about who is the better player between Eden Hazard and Mohamed Salah in the long-standing debate.

Curtis Jones appeared to land himself in hot water with Liverpool team-mate Mo Salah by claiming former Chelsea star Eden Hazard was a better player than the Reds' star attacker

Curtis Jones gave his interesting take on the debate involving teammate Mo Salah and former Chelsea star Eden Hazard.

The age old debate of who is better Eden Hazard or Mohamed Salah may have finally been settled in the most unlikeliest of ways.Salah and Hazard have both played for Chelsea, although the Egyptian

Curtis Jones has insisted he’d always pick Mohamed Salah in his team, after previously admitting he thought Eden Hazard was a better player than his Liverpool team-mate. The Reds midfielder revealed that the former Chelsea stars was one of his idols when speaking to Rio Ferdinand on TNT Sport’s ‘ Between the Lines ’.

Indeed, Salah and Hazard’s spells at Chelsea did overlap, and Chelsea clearly thought Hazard was the better player at that time as they built the team around the Belgian while Salah was quickly shipped out. However, when you compare these two players’ stats, there’s a clear winner.

Ask anyone of a Liverpool persuasion and they’d likely tell you that there are very few footballers over the past decade who could hold a candle to Mo Salah, whose future at the club continues to be the subject of considerable speculation with little more than five months remaining on his contract.

Salah ranks among the Premier League’s top 10 for both goals and assists, yet his teammate Jones believes there's somebody better.