Inter Milan Pursues Curtis Jones as Liverpool Softens Stance

Inter Milan are preparing to test Liverpool’s resolve again over Curtis Jones, with Fabrizio Romano claiming a new offer for the midfielder is “anticipated” as the player pushes for a move before the end of the window.

Liverpool have already knocked back an opening bid of £21.7m from the Serie A champions, with The Athletic reporting that the Reds initially set their price at around £34m. Inter, though, have never hidden the fact they see Jones as a priority target.

Now the gap may be narrowing. Romano has suggested on his YouTube channel that Liverpool could be ready to compromise at around €35m (roughly £30m), a figure that drags the deal closer to Inter’s reach and keeps negotiations very much alive.

On Sunday, the situation took another twist.

Omission that fuels the noise

Liverpool played two matches against Como, using 24 different players across the pair of fixtures. Six more were named on the bench but stayed there.

Jones was nowhere to be seen.

Not in either starting XI. Not among the substitutes. Not involved at all.

For a player whose future is already under the microscope, that absence only cranked up the speculation. Head coach Andoni Iraola has previously said the 25-year-old has been dealing with a minor hip issue, as reported by The Standard, but leaving him out of a 30-man pool for a double-header felt significant.

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.”

The message was clear: Inter are not going away, and Jones is ready to go with them.

Liverpool’s last Scouser in the XI?

Jones’ potential exit would cut deep on Merseyside for reasons that go beyond numbers on a balance sheet.

An academy graduate from Toxteth, he is the only Scouser in Liverpool’s current first-team group. Losing him would strip the squad of its last local thread at a time of wider transition, even if the club stand to bank a sizeable fee for a player who came through their own system.

Yet the direction of travel is hard to ignore. Liverpool appear to be edging down from their original valuation. Inter sense an opportunity. The player wants the move.

The tide, for now, is flowing firmly towards San Siro.