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Liverpool’s summer of transition is moving on multiple fronts simultaneously.
Andoni Iraola is settling into his role as head coach, the recruitment team are chasing targets across Europe, and the club’s financial planners are working through a set of decisions that will define the squad the Spaniard inherits when the new season begins in August.
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Chief among those decisions is what to do with the players Liverpool no longer see as central to the project — and one situation in particular has reached a point where resolution appears imminent.
According to Italian outlet Corriere dello Sport, Liverpool and Inter Milan have committed to holding another meeting in the coming week to progress a deal that has been building for months.
The two clubs already held an initial round of discussions involving Liverpool sporting director Richard Hughes and Inter’s hierarchy.
A gap emerged — but crucially, both parties left that meeting with a willingness to continue.
The fact that a second meeting has been scheduled signals genuine momentum on both sides.
25-year-old Liverpool academy graduate c, who joined the club’s youth setup at the age of nine and has spent his entire professional career at Anfield, is understood to be keen on a move to the San Siro.
His desire to leave is not driven by acrimony, it is driven by opportunity.
Jones wants regular football in a new environment, and Andoni Iraola’s arrival has not changed that position.
He has shown no interest in renewing a contract that runs until June 2027, and the clock on Liverpool’s ability to command a significant fee is ticking.
The numbers are the sticking point.
Inter’s opening bid came in at €20 million.
Liverpool responded by demanding between €30 million and €35 million.
The gap is real, but both Corriere dello Sport and TuttoSport are now pointing to €25 million as the figure most likely to unlock a deal.
That valuation, described as the transfer’s “sweet spot,” is seen as acceptable to Inter and sufficient for Liverpool to justify selling a homegrown asset rather than watching him leave for nothing next summer.
An additional complication involves Liverpool’s insistence on a sell-on clause.
Inter have shown some openness to the concept, but the precise percentage remains unresolved.
From a statistical perspective, Jones’s profile is well-suited to the demands of Serie A’s elite.
His 91.6% passing accuracy and 95th percentile ranking for touches among Premier League midfielders last season reflect exactly the kind of technically secure, press-resistant midfielder that Simone Inzaghi’s system demands.
Across his entire senior Liverpool career, he contributed 22 goals and 25 assists in 228 appearances.
Inter’s ability to fund the move is tied partly to the expected departure of Davide Frattesi, who is attracting Italian interest at around €20 million.
The meeting next week could bring sixteen years of Jones’s Liverpool story to a close.