Inter Milan’s opening salvo for Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones has been swatted away. The Italian club tabled a €25 million bid for the 25-year-old, and Liverpool’s response was essentially “try again.”
The Reds are reportedly holding out for something closer to £35 million, roughly €41 million, which puts a significant gap between the two clubs’ valuations. That’s not a rounding error. That’s a 64% premium over what Inter put on the table.
Why Liverpool can afford to wait
Jones still has a contract running until June 2027. In football economics, that’s leverage. A player with multiple years left on his deal gives the selling club the luxury of saying no, and Liverpool is clearly willing to exercise that luxury.
This isn’t Inter’s first swing at this particular pitch, either. The club previously submitted a loan-to-buy proposal back in January 2026, valued at approximately £34.6 million. Liverpool turned that one down too.
