Inter Milan Pursues Curtis Jones as Liverpool Softens Stance

Inter Milan are closing back in on Curtis Jones, with Fabrizio Romano claiming a fresh offer is now expected as the Liverpool midfielder pushes to leave Anfield before the end of the window.

The 25-year-old’s future has rumbled on all summer. Inter have already seen an opening bid of £21.7m knocked back, with Liverpool initially holding out for around £34m, according to The Athletic. The Serie A champions, though, have never taken their eyes off him.

Romano has repeatedly described Jones as a “priority” target for Inter, and on his YouTube channel recently suggested Liverpool could now be willing to compromise, dropping their valuation to roughly €35m (£30m).

The pressure finally told at the weekend.

Jones was nowhere to be seen across Liverpool’s two friendlies against Como on Sunday. Not in the starting XIs. Not even on the bench. For a player who has been central to the transfer narrative around the club, that absence did not go unnoticed.

Romano then moved the story on again, posting on X that Inter “remain keen on the English midfielder with new bid anticipated, deal depends on club-to-club talks as player wants the move.”

That last part matters. Jones is understood to be eager to make the switch to San Siro, and the dynamics now look very different to the start of the summer.

Andoni Iraola used 24 players across the Como double-header, with another six named among the substitutes but not used. Thirty players involved in some capacity. Jones was not one of them.

Liverpool sources have pointed to a minor hip issue, referenced by The Standard, as a factor in his recent absence. Even so, when a fit-again academy graduate is suddenly missing from a squad that large, the speculation writes itself.

The numbers tell their own story. A reduced asking price. A player keen to go. A buying club that has already tested the water and sees him as a key piece of their plans.

For Liverpool, there is an emotional layer too. Jones is a Toxteth-born midfielder who came through the academy and broke into the first team with real swagger. With no other Scousers currently established in the senior squad, his departure would cut another visible link between the stands and the pitch.

Sentiment rarely wins transfer battles, though, and Inter sense their moment. Having seen one bid rejected, they are expected to return with an improved proposal that edges closer to Liverpool’s revised valuation and tests just how firm that final line really is.

If and when that offer lands, the decision for Liverpool will be stark: cash in on a homegrown talent at what they judge to be peak value, or dig in and risk keeping a player whose eyes may already be fixed on San Siro.