Curtis Jones Joins Inter Milan for £30m as Liverpool Era Ends

Inter Milan have completed the signing of Curtis Jones from Liverpool in a deal worth up to £30m, drawing a firm line under a 16-year Anfield story and opening a new one in Serie A.

The Italian champions will pay an initial £25.7m for the 25-year-old midfielder, with a further £4.3m tied to achievable add-ons. Liverpool have also secured a 10% sell-on clause, protecting their stake if Jones’ value climbs again on the continent. The England midfielder has signed a long-term contract at San Siro running until 2031.

For Liverpool, this is more than a routine sale. Jones joined the club’s academy at the age of nine and grew into one of the standard-bearers of their youth system, eventually making his senior debut under Jurgen Klopp in 2019. From there, he became a familiar presence in the first-team squad, even if he never quite nailed down an undisputed starting role.

He leaves having made 228 appearances for the Reds, a substantial body of work for a homegrown player breaking into a side competing at the top of English and European football. Last season under Klopp, he featured 49 times in all competitions, but only 18 of those outings came as Premier League starts, a statistic that underlined his status on the fringes of the strongest XI.

The landscape shifted again this summer. With Jones entering the final year of his Liverpool contract and facing fierce competition for minutes under new head coach Arne Slot, the club chose clarity over uncertainty. Negotiations with Inter progressed, the numbers made sense, and Liverpool ultimately agreed to let one of their own move on.

For Inter, this is another calculated move in a summer that has seen them turn repeatedly to the English market. Jones becomes the latest English player to head to Milan, adding technical quality, energy and Premier League experience to a midfield already built to dominate Serie A.

A boyhood Liverpool player now walks into the cauldron of the San Siro, trading Anfield red for Inter’s black and blue. The question now is simple: can Curtis Jones turn a fresh start in Italy into the peak years his talent has always promised?