Inter Milan Set to Renew Curtis Jones Offer as Liverpool Softens Stance

Inter Milan are preparing to test Liverpool’s resolve again over Curtis Jones, with Fabrizio Romano claiming a new bid is “anticipated” for the midfielder who’s understood to be keen on a move this month.

The 25-year-old’s future has hovered over Liverpool’s summer like a cloud. Inter already saw an opening proposal of £21.7m knocked back, with The Athletic reporting that Liverpool initially wanted around £34m.

The Serie A champions haven’t walked away. Far from it. Romano has consistently described Jones as a “priority” target for Inter, and said on his YouTube channel recently that Liverpool could now be willing to deal at around €35m (£30m) – a clear softening from their original stance.

Romano: Player wants the move

Jones’ situation sharpened into focus on Sunday.

Liverpool played two matches against Como, yet their No.17 was nowhere to be seen. Not in either starting XI. Not even on the bench. For a player whose name is already swirling in transfer talk, the absence was impossible to ignore.

Romano then moved the story on with an update on X, writing: “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 blunt: Inter are coming again, and Jones is ready to go if the clubs can find common ground.

Omission that fuels the noise

Andoni Iraola used 24 different players across the two Como fixtures, with another six among the substitutes who didn’t get on the pitch. Thirty players involved in some capacity.

Jones wasn’t one of them.

That exclusion will only crank up the speculation, even with Iraola previously stressing that the midfielder has been managing a minor hip issue, as reported by The Standard. Injury or not, when a player on the market suddenly disappears from a matchday group of 30, the questions write themselves.

The numbers tell their own story. Liverpool are now reported to be willing to negotiate below the earlier £34m figure. Inter, emboldened by the player’s desire to move and by the shifting valuation, sense an opening.

A Scouse thread under threat

For Liverpool supporters, there is an emotional layer to all this. Jones is a Toxteth-born academy graduate, the last remaining Scouser in the current first-team group. Losing him would cut one of the club’s most visible local ties.

Yet the momentum is drifting towards San Siro. Inter have identified their man, the player wants the switch, and Liverpool’s price is edging into a range the Italian champions believe they can reach.

Unless something dramatic changes, it now feels like only the size and timing of Inter’s next offer are in doubt.