Inter Milan Closing In On £30m Deal For Jones
Inter Milan are moving rapidly towards a £30m agreement for Liverpool midfielder Jones, with confidence in Italy growing that the deal will be wrapped up soon, according to BBC Sport.
The Serie A champions have circled around the 25-year-old for months. This time, the pursuit has bite. Talks between the clubs have accelerated, and while some details still need to be signed off, the feeling around the San Siro is that it’s now a matter of when, not if.
From rejected bids to a breakthrough
Inter’s interest is nothing new. Their first serious move came in June, when a verbal offer of £21.7m was knocked back by Liverpool. The Anfield hierarchy made their stance clear: Jones, with a year left on his contract, was closer to a £35m asset in their eyes.
The Italians didn’t walk away. The gap slowly shrank as negotiations rolled on through the summer, and the current package under discussion now sits around the £30m mark – a figure much closer to Liverpool’s expectations.
Liverpool’s position has been consistent. They have been prepared to sell, but only at a price that reflects Jones’s Premier League experience and homegrown status. Internally, they have looked at deals such as Inter’s recent £30m outlay on Djed Spence from Tottenham as a benchmark for what they want to recoup.
Inter’s long game
This isn’t even Inter’s first attempt this year. During the January window they tried a different route, proposing a loan with an option to buy. Liverpool dismissed that idea quickly, unwilling to lose control over a player they still valued highly.
Inter stayed patient. Their scouting and admiration for Jones go back several seasons, and the current talks are the culmination of that long-term interest rather than a sudden opportunistic move.
End of a Liverpool journey
For Jones, the transfer would close a significant chapter. A boyhood Red, he entered Liverpool’s academy at nine and climbed every rung of the ladder to the first team. Since making his senior debut under Jurgen Klopp in 2019, he has gone on to make 228 appearances, chipping in with a string of eye-catching goals that underlined his technical quality.
Yet the past season told a more complicated story. Jones featured 49 times in all competitions, but only 18 of those came as Premier League starts. He never quite nailed down a permanent role in Arne Slot’s midfield, often rotating in and out of the side rather than becoming its heartbeat.
That tension between status and minutes has fuelled his desire for a reset. Despite new head coach Andoni Iraola wanting to keep him at Anfield, contract talks have stalled. Jones, tempted by a fresh stage and the lure of the San Siro, has leaned towards a move.
If the final details fall into place as expected, Inter will land a versatile, battle-tested midfielder entering his prime – and Liverpool will watch one of their own walk away, not as a fringe player, but as a symbol of an era quietly drawing to a close.
