Inter Milan are on the verge of signing Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones after a summer-long back and forth.
The six-time England international, who joined Liverpool aged nine, has had his heart set on a move to Serie A for some time after failing to regularly establish himself as a starter at Anfield.
And it now appears he will leave, with the two clubs in dialogue. A fee of around £30million will get the deal done, with Inter signaling they are ready to pay it.
The Italian champions had a bid of around £21m turned down earlier in the summer and, if they sign Jones, he will be the third Englishman they have bought this window after Manchester City’s John Stones and Tottenham’s Djed Spence.
Liverpool meanwhile are preparing for their first season under new manager Andoni Iraola, who replaced Arne Slot following the Dutchman’s dismissal at the end of last season.
The six-time England international, who joined Liverpool aged nine, has had his heart set on a move to Serie A for some time after failing to regularly establish himself as a starter at Anfield
After spending over £450million on new signings including Alexander Isak, Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike last summer, the 2024-25 Premier League champions struggled to reach the same heights again under the Dutchman and only narrowly managed to qualify for the Champions League with a fifth-place finish last term.
Liverpool, who waved farewell to Mohamed Salah, Andrew Robertson and Ibrahima Konate at the start of the summer, have so far recruited centre-half Jeremy Jacquet from Stade Rennais and left winger Victor Munoz from Osasuna ahead of the new campaign.
While theoretically all first-team places are up for grabs under new boss Iraola, Jones has been viewed as a squad player at the club in recent seasons, playing second fiddle to fellow central midfielders Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister, Ryan Gravenberch and Wirtz under Slot and previously Jurgen Klopp.
