Inter Milan Pursues Curtis Jones from Liverpool

Inter Milan are turning up the volume in their pursuit of Curtis Jones, with the Serie A champions working to strike a deal for the Liverpool midfielder before the transfer window closes, according to sources.

The 25-year-old is open to the move. After years of hovering on the fringes at Anfield, Jones is ready to step out of the “squad player” bracket and into a leading role – and he increasingly sees that happening away from Merseyside.

A career at a crossroads

Jones has been around Liverpool’s first team long enough to feel part of the furniture. He broke through in the 2018-19 season, grew under Jürgen Klopp, and has collected medals along the way, including a Premier League title. On paper, it looks like the classic academy success story.

The reality has been more complicated.

Last season he featured in 34 Premier League games, but only 18 of those were starts as Liverpool laboured to a fifth-place finish. He was often the man trusted to plug gaps, change the tempo from the bench, or cover for injuries, rather than the midfielder the team was built around.

That lack of status carried a cost. When Thomas Tuchel named his England squad for the 2026 World Cup, Jones did not make the cut. For a player in his mid‑twenties, that omission felt like more than a minor setback; it underlined his stalled progress at the elite level.

Numbers that don’t shout “undroppable”

The data from last season tells its own story.

According to Fotmob (as of 5 August), Jones averaged:

• 0.05 goals per game
• 0.13 xG
• 1.07 shots
• 0.09 assists
• 0.98 chances created
• 4.76 duels won with a 50.7% success rate
• 1.87 tackles
• 0.84 interceptions

Solid. Honest. But not spectacular.

In a Liverpool midfield now stacked with specialists, that matters. Dominik Szoboszlai offers a far sharper attacking edge. Ryan Gravenberch brings a more imposing defensive presence. Jones sits somewhere in between – tidy, versatile, reliable – but without the standout trait that forces a manager to write his name on the teamsheet first.

It explains why talk of a sale does not shock many inside Anfield. It also explains why the player himself is listening when a club of Inter’s stature calls.

Liverpool’s first big sale of the summer?

If Liverpool and Inter can agree a fee, Jones is on course to become the club’s first major outgoing of the summer under Andoni Iraola. So far, the new head coach has reshaped the squad more by addition than subtraction, with no significant sale completed for a transfer fee.

Jones could change that.

For Liverpool, cashing in on a homegrown player who has never fully nailed down a starting role might feel pragmatic. For Jones, a move to San Siro offers the prospect of a fresh league, a new tactical environment, and the chance to prove he can be more than a rotation option at a Champions League-level club.

And for Inter, the appeal is clear: a technically clean, tactically educated midfielder entering his prime years, still with room to grow.

Restless dressing room, restless market

Jones is not the only Liverpool attacker or midfielder facing an uncertain future.

Tottenham Hotspur have made Cody Gakpo a priority target this summer as they look to sharpen their frontline. The Dutch forward’s status at Liverpool could come under pressure after the arrival of Victor Munoz and the potential signing of Bradley Barcola, who is also being linked with Anfield.

If both deals land, Gakpo’s minutes – like Jones’ before him – may start to shrink. Spurs sense an opening and are preparing to move, hoping to exploit any hesitation on Merseyside.

For now, though, the spotlight sits on Jones and Inter.

Liverpool know what he is: dependable, intelligent, flexible. Inter believe they know what he could become. The player himself stands between those two versions of his career, weighing up whether the only way to be seen as a mainstay is to leave the club that raised him.