LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 13: Curtis Jones of Liverpool in action during the Premier League match between Liverpool and Brighton & Hove Albion at Anfield on December 13, 2025 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)
Sky Sport Italia pundit Gianluca Di Marzio claims Inter made a €20m offer for Curtis Jones, but Liverpool are asking for at least €30m, despite a contract that expires next summer.
The midfielder has long been a target for the Nerazzurri and had already been approached for a possible transfer over the January window.
Now that his contract is due to run out in June 2027, Inter had assumed the price-tag would drop to a much lower figure.
Jones price scaring Inter off
Initial negotiations took place today, but Sky Sport Italia maintain the outcome was a huge €10m gap between demand and offer.
The proposal on the table is worth circa €20m, whereas Liverpool are asking for €30m to make the sale, along with a cut of the future sell-on fee.
That is a significant difference and Inter will be hesitant to pay that for a player who will be a free agent in a year’s time.
They hope that the fact the player prefers them to Aston Villa can prompt Jones to push for a lower fee to Inter.
The 25-year-old England international is a product of the Liverpool youth academy, so any sale would represent a pure profit.
Jones made 49 competitive appearances for the Reds this season, scoring three goals and providing three assists for his teammates.
