Is puppeteer $eval is not working with jquery next() option?

await page.$eval(`a[href*=${listableItemsResponse.items[i].url}]`.next(), (el) => el.click());

produces TypeError: listableItemsResponse.items[i].url.next is not a function

alone await page.$eval(`a[href*=${listableItemsResponse.items[i].url}]`, (el) => el.click()); works perfectly fine