Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones looks set to leave Anfield to join Italian champions Inter Milan in a £30million move
Curtis Jones looks set to leave Liverpool to join Inter Milan in a £30m transfer
Curtis Jones looks set to leave Liverpool to join Inter Milan in a £30m transfer(Image: 2026 Bill Barrett/ISI Photos)
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After 228 appearances in the first team, it looks as though Curtis Jones will be leaving Liverpool to join Italian champions Inter Milan.
The England international's future has been the subject of speculation throughout the summer, with Jones having just one year left on his contract at Anfield and the 25-year-old, despite having made 49 appearances in all competitions last term, seemingly deciding that he's keen to take on a new challenge.
While Jones has been a regular, the feeling has been in the last 12 months that he's always been playing second fiddle, with Alexis Mac Allister, Ryan Gravenberch and Dominik Szoboszlai all preferred in the battle for central midfield places; indeed of his 34 Premier League appearances last term, only 16 were starts.
Now, with his contract situation and the emergence of another homegrown youngster in Trey Nyoni - who impressed on the pre-season tour - plus the presence of Florian Wirtz and the returning Harvey Elliott, Jones is set to depart.
Inter have been the No.1 contenders throughout the summer looking to take Jones, adding to an increasing English presence at San Siro, with John Stones and Djed Spence having both made the move also.
A number of bids had been rejected, but now, after selling David Frattesi to Lazio and making room, negotiations over a £30m move have picked up once more, with a deal now believed to be very close between the two parties.
Jones missed the final two friendlies of Liverpool's pre-season schedule, against Monaco and Como, with a hip problem cited as the reason, despite the Academy graduate featuring in team training at the AXA Centre in Kirkby.
Liverpool have been very wary about Jones' contract status and are reluctant to allow another high-profile player to walk away as a free agent after the end-of-season departures of Ibrahima Konate, Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson.
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But is a £30m deal a good one for the Reds? Or given the fees that have been spent on midfielders this summer - notably Manchester City's £116m move for Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest - should Liverpool have been looking for more?
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